their proceedings over in syria in order to reestablish peace in the country now of course over the past several weeks have seen a rise in a rise of violence in syria particularly the city on the whole house has been heavily courting to activists of course siding with the opposition they say hundreds of people have been killed just over the past week however. however the official damascus has a different point of view on the matter let's have a listen. those people who are who are have been. people who supported the government. people who were kidnapped by the two groups and they were massacred on the. evening of to be. or due to the exact time of the meeting go the security council in new york of course syrian officials say that the armed rebels are being supported both financially and

militarily by of forces from abroad who want to see foreign intervention in the country russian says that the only people who really can bring the solution in this crisis are the syrian syrians themselves in fact russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov i was in what was in damascus for talks with the syrian president bashar assad after those talks says syrian president looked looked like he was ready to sit down for talks with the syrian opposition but the opposition refuses for those talks they do however say that if those talks are to happen if negotiations between the opposition and the syrian government are to take place then russia must play and mediating role meanwhile russia's envoy to the united nations security council to tell you to give told art see that the only solution in this case it will be for all sides in syria to lay down the arms as the morning during mission of that i believe was there and as the situation was evolving everybody saw that the government troops were pulling out of certain. quarters of the city is that

territory was taken over by armed rebel groups that would mean that the the armed confrontation will continue and escalate on sunday al-qaeda lead the newest al-qaeda leader said that he also supports a syrian opposition he actually called on all muslims in the arab world to unite come into syria and support those for fighting against the syrian the syrian regime at the moment and of course you also have to keep an eye on washington for trying to gather a coalition of the willing so to speak hoping to put more pressure on the regime of president assad and they're hoping that if they continue to press their point in the united nations. and among their allies they will reach their goal. reporting there from cairo well the mounting death toll in syria is hard to verify because of an almost a blanket of foreign media blackout even the u.n.

is still trying to estimate the body count and making matters worse syrian opposition groups themselves are often split over accounts of what's really happening the story belongs to that. the syrian observatory for human rights syrian observatory for human rights the syrian observatory for human rights it's one of the most widely quoted sources of syrian casualty figures but it's not always telling the truth and ownership the syrian observatory for human rights is left several media outlets quoting false information as two rivals fight the same name the original group was hijacked by opposition activists to posting military deaths alongside civilian one both sides claim there the official observatory this is the original site in arabic with an english version on facebook and this is the fake site launched in the center and mostly in english several foreign news outlets have assume they're one and the same thing quoting the fake cites casualty figures the

consequence a very different perspective of the crisis the original cites latest figures show just over five thousand one hundred civilian deaths against almost two thousand military casualties the rival site claims well over six and a half thousand civilians have been killed and barely six hundred troops a difference many claim suggests this is a lot more than just a numbers game i don't think even the people using these figures are have any objectivity really they have an agenda a clear agenda is the just the fire by any means possible that assad regime is a brutal massacring regime and it needs to fall a soon as possible and we can see the united nations security council when that human rights strategy for regime change doesn't work how annoyed western governments are how got arab league monitors the original observatory strictly opposes military intervention the man who hijacked it's name disagrees. used to

translate at the real observatory he was fired after falsely claiming to be an official spokesman and using a live interview to call for a no fly zone. since then he's launched a smear campaign against the original group claiming they're the impostors as are we and these figures have been quoted by the b.b.c. c.n.n. and a.b.c. australia the other groups say they tried to pass some political views censored by calling for no fly zone for international intervention and we made it clear i sit on their victory for human rights. origin organization is that we are i guess an interventional we are against the no fly zone all we need is to stop the bloodshed in that is going on in syria as always and his group refused to speak on camera stating i cannot waste my time talking about this is the moment whilst people are dying in homes there are my priority right now he did refer us to another

opposition group based in london and they too refused to comment on the ownership of the observatory but they did confirm that reporting military deaths was not in their interest it's not our position to report. these awful. government troops the b.b.c. and the guardian had to withdraw material after falsely quoting as always the human rights observatory the un stopped counting the death toll claiming it's too difficult to keep track of but its human rights chief also said five thousand civilian deaths should be enough to provoke international action the real observatory still documents the deaths civilian or otherwise but it may be too late for the numbers to matter either bennett are to london. and you can always find much more news on the latest updates so if you know the situation in syria or to be found at r.t. dot com what else is waiting for you on our website well let's have a look right now the other day of rage against the new anti piracy laws as rocked

the world there with protests taking place in dozens of cities are all across the planet. for someone why they. part of the hour here in the russian capital in cairo thousands of people joined a general strike in protest against the ongoing military rule comes exactly a year after the asking of the former president mubarak demonstrators want the supreme council of the armed forces to cede power to a civilian government there are happy with how the generals have been running the country with few reforms made and escalated repression of the opposition dozens of

protesters were killed over the past months and classrooms with police all across the country and you parliament's been elected and is drawing a constitution or the military says it won't step down before the end of june but freelance journalist well true suggestions expect that deadline to be broke. people are unsure about whether they'll actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promise is also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters has been absolutely no reform of the police as it exemplified by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw the seventy four people die so essentially we've seen very little reform since the barak stepped down and people are basically anxious

that nothing will change and it will just slip into a new new dictatorship i think most people here would put that would say if they do you say the revolution never ended but it's called the continuance of the ongoing revolution really since january even after mubarak stepped down this time last year have been continuous sit ins and protests and violent clashes with egypt's security forces pushing protesters pushing for change they haven't seen yet. and in a meeting with america's top military officer egypt's senior general defended the clampdown on international governmental organizations in cairo the country's armed forces want to restrict the work of n.g.o.s and of order the probe into their conduct claiming that some were working and are continuing to work to destabilize the country in cairo is not is more of a national. egypt's new government crackdown on n.g.o.s has raised many questions and they may want to is why now the groups many of which funded by washington have

been on the ground here for a while they were at the vanguard of the uprising against mubarak that eventually brought the supreme council of the armed forces to power last february and no one has ever seems to care about their sources of income that is until they directed their criticism to the new military leadership layman skaf for the slow pace of reform some of them are used by the other. that are quote in people they are working. and they are the ones that evolution they have. won the radicals who live there this is very much a dangerous war there are two girls this is special led to prosecutors raiding seventeen offices of advocacy groups forty three activists including americans germans and egyptians are now facing trial for illegally using foreign funds to promote unrest in the post mubarak country activists however claim they are the victim of scarves reluctance to give up power with the people about the rights but

the scaf looking for enjoy. some agent against the regime and all the mind the round up of activists has also not a sign of you asked mr taishi secretary ray la hood for the fueling tension between cairo in washington. isn't simply because. of them in a sort of plans for. i don't think that. anything. so this is america's military aid to egypt reaches one point three billion dollars annually has been very serious there has been quick to condemn this car when in the days of blank checks are over or they condemned. the end of that the continued on flowing the diplomatic support also continued we. all know washington's so-called support for democracy get in the middle east and washington wants to step in always the situation as much as possible in order to get on to its interests they don't

care about democracy meanwhile even those on the streets protesting against car sharing the council's concerns about the engine whose motives the usa has had a hand in tips policymaking for years but the whole n.t. and your campaign has become the first serious disagreement between america and the countries your story takes cairo wanted to send washington and message that it's no longer the silent dog it was under mubarak but an independent state which will last for the rate any outside interference some doubts though they really minute the end to military movement growing ever bigger you can see it over there is a dream council of the armed forces called no running egypt is in a very vulnerable position and this nationalistic pronouncement may just be a nationalist show put on to calm the people down and to win back a shred of credibility. in our teen cairo.

is coming to you live from the heart of moscow and still on the way in the program here shooting itself in the foot some member states expressed concerns that you could end up at the losing end of its embargo on iranian oil. saying to all set up the man accused of being wiki leaks source of american secrets is branded a terrorist by. some of us nominated him for the nobel peace prize. the greek prime minister lucas papademos has warned of a quote uncontrollable economic chaos if parliament does not approve a plan for fresh cuts on sunday new austerity measures have already been adopted by the greek cabinet to secure a one hundred thirty billion euro bailout from the e.u. and international monetary fund without it the country could default in march six ministers have in the meantime resigned in protest over the new cuts package and

some m.p.'s from two major coalition parties are threatening to vote against it in parliament the draft bill suggests firing fifteen thousand civil servants and lowering the minimum wage greece's two biggest trade unions have held out for here how a strike against the new measures on demonstrators clashed with police on friday market a book on roof of the financial advisory firm a.c.m. partners in chicago believes that a new belt will merely delay and then inevitable greek economic collapse. greece is either going to commit to last year or the measures which i and many economists argue still is not enough to guarantee that recent default or it will default just sooner rather than later a lot of people are talking about disorderly default i don't think the european union nor greece is going to allow that to occur but frankly i think the markets have been fooling themselves the last six months by thinking that there is a better or there are an option i think what your first point is the much like

reagan hanumant have been saying is a shrinking the economy of poor to buy percent this year think about what that means for our country already on the brink of you know so-so not necessarily collapse the deficit definitely instability and economic not ruined but certainly you know it's certainly not growing and they certainly aren't getting better a decrease of more to buy percent of growth combined without spirity measures combined the political pressures of the european union will definitely distort disrupt result significantly in two thousand and twelve. and artie's financial analyst mike skies of believes that greece has become a convenient scapegoat for some of the countries the creditors who are going to take a haircut on their debt already have that fully insured in the credit default swap market and they're going to make money no matter what they don't take any risk that's why greece is in this problem to begin with all of the toxic debt that has been accumulated on banks' balance sheets around the world in germany and the u.k.

and the u.s. have been put onto the balance sheet of greece and now the government of greece wants the people of greece to pay for this toxic debt the debt in greece did not originate in greece it originated in these other countries that have used greece as a toxic debt dump to don't they're dead. but we always i love it when you get involved with us here at odds he let's get your opinion if you have the moment now to log on to our tea dot com talk about the situation in greece about the next round of austerity measures today we're asking what impact will the latest rescue measures have on the greek economy and for this hour here here's how you're voting right now from the dot com looks like a half of you believe the new measures will do nothing as the greek economy is already. more than a third think it will mean only more hardship for the greek people looking now at ten percent of you thinking the e.u. won't allow greece's economy to collapse down to five percent now just a minority believing the bailouts are the only way the country comes to five those

are the figures at the moment but all that could change if you want your thoughts. about debate is on going. and as greece struggles to control its economic crisis the e.u. turns up the heat on iran over its nuclear program the european union has announced a series of financial sanctions including plans to stop importing iranian oil from july meanwhile iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad announced that the islamic republic will soon have real major advances in its nuclear program he also warned that europe was playing a risky game by cutting off trade with terror on because you consumers account for around twenty percent of iran's oil output the spanish ambassador to tehran said the sanctions will hurt his country more than any other european state madrid based journalist and. says the e.u. embargo actually serves the interests of the u.s. . what we're seeing here is not at the station that comes actually from

european countries to spain never want to disembark go to to prove to be put in place this is something that comes externally from the united states pressure on the european union and he's not just to spain and italy also greece imports lots of oil from iran and it could be hard hitting away. that would bring them bankrupt in the coming future that would be a complete disaster for the european union and for the euro and that can happen because of the. political move it has now become an economic issue and can have even more. destructive effects if the iranians decide to say cut of the strait of hormuz or even if they now decide to beat europe to it by. by by cutting off their oil now because we need this time to find alternative supplies if they cut the supply now we want to be able to find them there will be a huge recession in europe. twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow you're

watching are a civil society is stepping into the front line of russian politics with the aim of keeping the upcoming presidential election fair and transparent leading figures and of members of the public at all joining forces and most importantly they seem to have the support of all five candidates as well as the voters. of prescott off now reports. it doesn't take long to find videos of alleged violations during the recent parliamentary vote in russia just a couple of clicks is enough since scores of these files have flooded the internet and even though most of the allegations are still to be proven in courts tens of thousands of people have been taking to the streets demanding fair elections with marches presidential votes just around the corner events are unfolding quickly where. people want to vote responsibly and to know where their villages go they want political competition independent courts and media forming the voters league

is not meant the idea was floating in the air the voters league was officially founded in january by a group of journalists bloggers activists orders writers and other public figures and statements made in tedious leg t.v. host and now activists. have already asked or the head of a charity fund and blogger at the also known as dr lisa. or other school math cordoning are of the blue buckets movement fighting for equal rights on roads for everyone is our league is an opportunity to gather people who are not indifferent to what's happening the more people with a civil position there are the better the league's main goal is to ensure fair elections is published a list of initiatives on the web divided into groups that everyone can be a part of public discussions and online votes are the key in strong. it's letters

have been sent to all presidential candidates asking them to cooperate with the league and even though the project is less than a month old everyone has so far agreed including pledging middleton another candidate businessman mikhail prokhorov has already struck a deal with the leak to go and willing to authorize one hundred fifty thousand league observers would also arrange to put together a unified database to keep track of the election protocols according to its founders around ten thousand observers are needed to ensure a fair election in moscow alone. it's great that the civil society wants to be more active but it's really important not to cross the line and observers not only are positioned it is serious so if limitations not to take sides in the political process. the leagues founders say they'll shut the organisation down if it ever starts turning into a political movement claiming there are keen to work with all candidates equally

there's no doubt society has changed more people want to have more influence on russia's political life perhaps that's why it took less than one month for the vote was leaked to establish ties with both the authorities and the opposition and with the help promise from candidates the league just may secure enough access to effectively monitor the vote in march as long as it avoids taking sides and protects its neutrality is going off r t moscow. let's get to some other global news for you in our time for the. israeli air strikes on the gaza strip of left at least one person dead and three others wounded warplanes fired missiles at three different targets just after midnight on saturday the first hit a field east of gaza city with another landing near the israeli border and the city of khan yunis. the attacks saying they have targeted sites belonging to terrorist organizations. police fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse

hundreds of anti-government protesters in the capital. the injuries were reported they seem to be minimal but witnesses saying at least one protester was detained has been on the rise over the past few weeks as the country heads towards the first anniversary of a brutally crushed protest against. i. know five newspaper journalists have been arrested over alleged payments made to police and public officials. the owner of news international says he's committed to keeping the tabloid newspaper the sun up and running the investigation is part of the country's phone hacking scandal that came to light last year revealed. this common practice to monitor the private voicemail messages of celebrities. whitney houston has died at the age of forty eight the six time grammy award winner was found in a beverly hills hotel room on saturday struggled with drugs. and

did go to rehab last year authorities have yet to determine the exact cause of houston's death. now the u.s. army private bradley manning accused of passing government secrets to wiki leaks has been nominated for the nobel peace prize he's been put forward. by an icelandic parliamentary group which said he should be recognized for exposing war crimes the twenty four year old to spend more than a year behind bars awaiting trial in the u.s. a clock stokely an activist for manning's coolest things the accused deserves the price the prize rather no less than the current u.s. president did bradley manning is accused of the greatest act of civil disobedience least in my lifetime and what he is accused of is leaking documents and video. that has led to the end of the iraq war has led to pro-democracy rallies and

uprisings all over the world and i think it's much deserved that he he receives this nobel peace prize if obama gets the why should he obama has done very little for peace even though he promised it and obama is also taking credit for ending the iraq war when actually that's not the truth the iraqi government did not want to allow legal immunity for u.s. troops after january first and the reason they didn't last immunity is because of what they saw in the cables and the videos showing civilian deaths that were being covered up in the corruption by the u.s. government. it is a good of you to join us on this sunday here on our headlines of me rory sushi in just a moment hope to see you soon. but

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watching our. headlines now the arab league is set to decide its future efforts on syria bobbins escalates the u.s. coalition of the willing to moscow's hundreds of people have reportedly being killed across syria just over the past week that. the spirit of revolution returns to egypt on the first anniversary of. thousands of protesters calling for an immediate step down by the ruling military council for the generals all clinging to power which they refused to give up until at least june. the people of greece

a march on the streets and anger over a new set of cuts as the government struggles to keep the country's economy afloat parliament is knowledge you to debate a draft a bill on fresh austerity measures demanded by the e.u. . and russian a civil society takes some. politics as a group of public figures steps up to monitor the upcoming presidential vote the backing from all of the candidates with the goal of the so-called voters league is to ensure a fair transparent and i. do stay with us here on our special report cowboys in paradise exploring what's made bali a favorite destination for sex tourism you're watching. probably slept with a lot of women from america. canada.