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it was cheap labor and host thousands of your factory to the remarkable development of china u.s. relations america's love for china would be boundless if not for the growing fear of it these guys around for us and the end of it and looking for ways to. get to work to harm us i want to beat china i want to go to war with china and make america the most attractive place in the world to do business menacing and vilifying china are typical for political campaigns in america these days like these. don't they gave. us their data to our form to do it and that is how our great empire grows again. it's not too late to stop this nightmare it's on r.g.p. and children story made in china in short that it's a get it get me no sweetie the chinese aren't going to get. there's still a billion of them in their economy is getting there with their fear does it take
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now to do they're going to be get in there make it. with china being the biggest foreign creditor for the us the economic interdependency between the two is raising red flags in the minds of many americans china can very easily just bankrupt america overnight what we've got to do is just dump dollars and treasuries switch to euros radio the current that's here never work except experts agree china would never do that because beijing is just as interested in preserving the value of their us treasury holdings as well as the rich market for their manufactured goods but this it could ah make interdependency becomes a headache for washington when china demonstrates policies independent from america's will and the white house has to stifle discontent behind full on smiles china blocking the u.s. backed resolution on syria is one example right. they came under fire from
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washington for opposing forceful regime change in syria while the u.s. criticism for china was far more muted for taking the same position but the reality is that china the west have to treat with much more with kid gloves because of the integral relationship in terms of the way that the chinese economy now is so totally woven in with the western one neither country is capable of dominating the other and neither country is going to win a cold war type situation as china's influence grows president obama has pledged to strengthen u.s. positions in the pacific going as far as the plowing extra troops to the region this is made some wonder whether the u.s. can reconcile with the situation when it's not dominating obama announced disappeared at the pentagon by the way the pivoting from that middle east to asia this means more u.s. interest is so also in the sauce china sea military station the starting in norse in australia but may be in contacts with the philippines singapore and thailand
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specially very close allies of us here in southeast asia so the chinese they look at this in a big circle washington's treatment of this or that country depends on its interest there is nothing surprising about that but it seems with marina america may find itself on station of those interests in a situation where you cannot simply dictate its policies in the meantime beijing's economic clout is growing feeling america's fear i'm going to check our reporting from washington martin. and now some of today's news making headlines around the globe the sour eighteen people have been killed in baghdad after an explosion struck a crowd of recruits outside a police academy over a dozen were wounded in the blast a source at the scene said several of them by cars were set ablaze by the explosion and no group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing. tens of thousands of people are marching in madrid angry at the government's labor reforms spanish trade
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unions have organized rallies and fifty seven cities across the country crowd chanted slogans and brandished banners saying that changes were unfair to workers and would destroy jobs last week similar rallies turned violent as demonstrators were blocked by police on their way to the parliament spain's on employed a trip unemployment tripled since two thousand and seven and almost half of people under the age of twenty five are out of work. fire has swept through street markets in the capital of honduras injuring eleven people and destroying hundreds of stalls several strengths were engulfed in flames sending thick plumes of black smoke over the city it comes as funerals were held following one of the worst prison fires for a century which left three hundred fifty eight people dead many victims were burnt alive in their cells. moscow's opposition protesters have taken their calls for fair elections to the capital central roadways hundreds of motorists brandished
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banners as well as decorating their cars with white ribbons and balloons the color of the movement the country saw several mass rallies after last december's parliamentary elections which protesters claimed were rate. has been following the rally. here we are again on the gordon ring one of the main transport audrie's of moscow which was also recently become a stage for demonstration of support schools of course decorated with colors found on the bourne wing the sun a good deal ribbons of. banners which are as long as white it means the score is taken forward in a drive around the garden ring and across the city center in support of elections a similar drawing was organized the only jane resembled thousands boars gathered for that several thousand supporters of prime minister and presidential candidate why do important to quarter in their drive around the corner and ring on saturday
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but it's fair to say that the jump in public activity really started following the parliamentary election early in december and since then we've been seeing various rallies marches android's taking place across the entire country including rallies which have been gathering tens of thousands of people so the biggest ones which russia has seen since the early ninety's really and with the presidential election now just around the corner is set to take place on march the fourth it's expected that this activity is only going to increase. candidates standing in the fast approaching russian presidential election are doing all they can to woo the electorate news channels are airing intense debates on controversial t.v. adverts archies daria pushkov a has taken a closer look at the tools contenders are using to win support. this is the video that's caused the most uproar so far in the presidential campaigns underway in russia in it one of the candidates version of famous for his showmanship and
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occasional fist fights with fellow parliamentarians claims mcgann other times when russia's symbol was a traditional troika with three daring horses and jingle bells these little mantra donkey has become a symbol of our country the whole country has come to a standstill like the sentiments with less than a month to go the five candidates have plastered the streets with election posters and dazzled viewers with t.v. promos heated discussions on television radio and the internet have become part of everyday life. i don't cause in the race billionaire businessman mikhail prokhorov promises their arrival of a new russia with a new president known for his height riches and playboy past he's the only new face on russia's political scene formally and a tory is party animal his reputation was once dented by an international sex scandal which has come back to haunt him on the web we're vegeta how you're with all our body and soul as for the elections will win them anyway you can buy
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anything so you can buy your victory to the remaining candidates are a familiar crowd to the voters the unchanging leader of the communist party good ideas are going to present a fresh image with a campaign featuring a mix of faces from the past as well as the present while his rival from the just russia party still game it on the it's trying to attract the older generation the only clear favorite in the race prime minister vladimir putin has refrained from getting involved in the campaign directly he has controversially refused to take part in any t.v. debates sending his representatives instead and his promos never show his face. on this three politics there are only talk either big meeting. either prop or tin or against porter so if you when he doesn't go to television when he's part of st politics when he's a part of television coverage of his job as prime minister he is there is
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the only one let's say the only kind that with so many resources so much media attention i think that he wants to show that he's the only real candidate precisely by not going there and according to the latest opinion polls the level of support keeps on growing across the country despite the wave of opposition protests i think that brought us tend to mobilize his core electorate because when. people like right wing politic politician brought her up are saying that you know the social benefits from the cut that factories that are inefficient because that stage would not interfere so much i think that the message that people get across russia is that we should keep putting election day may only be around the corner but this still plenty of time for the other four would be presidents to try and chip away at
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this current lead and while some voters rely on traditional t.v. campaigning others are turning to the internet for some comic relief. and then calling himself the john crow bonhomme of supposedly. has recently become an online sensation with a some praising the virtues of the prime minister all the v.p. by putin's initials. on. my t.l.'s and while the jury's out on whether it's propaganda or clever hoax aimed at discrediting putin the electoral campaign rolls on with more surprises likely along the way. r.t. moscow. now we're back with a recap of today's news and the week's top stories stay with us.
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market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max conjure for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our. thanks for being with us what happened pownce the hour and here's a quick recap of your headlines they you on ramps up the pressure on the syrian regime as the general assembly adopts a non-binding resolution calling on president assad to step down but russia calls for talks to break the stalemate while damascus promises reforms. and. talk ron says it has to stop dec sporting oil to france and britain amid growing pressure and sanctions over iran's nuclear program but the country's oil ministry says it
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will sell its crude it to new customers. and greek anger spills out onto the streets once again as lawmakers clear more cuts to secure vital rescue cash which could now be cleared on monday but the range of a beleaguered population is still at the forefront of greek society. up next as a special report on how far and creativity can become ammunition and the battle for peace and justice.
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sure my. feet. here's one of the largest rivers in the world the plan is to dam all the major tributaries of the amazon river. there will be immense pressure not only on ecological reserves but also on the communities and the territories that are used sustainably by indigenous people. meanwhile agribusiness is encroaching
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illegal logging is taking place and so the single basin is now at a crossroads and this is there's a resistance against this dam project that has gone on for twenty years. so we are gathered here to defend all waters as it on demand so right. to finish these energy will power and the big aluminum companies and on mining companies. oh well and resources. the. the. the. jews to the grief and anxiety that the indigenous people are suffering. and i don't think this story will end
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guy up the vet was the caiaphas a war cry nobody should underestimate the indignation that they're feeling the. us were going for that i think that the federal government should see this as a message a message so much more blood could be spilled in the chamber river valley if they continue to pursue the project in this way the. the one day out of one to do something they do. out in the open and not behind people's backs like the government my tribe and i i'm not going to accept this.
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board's solution. for what essentially the torsos what took him away. by britain by frogs. would look good and. the sauces were exported from have been for the british ones fault i'm all for my jail for because. when the boss i didn't vote phylogeny the africa the i did what if you leave the people with money pleads so that was too good to menorahs those of africa for next to nothing to do to get by you of america but. i just don't because it doesn't help i don't know yet is it only because man because the with. it is the feel of the future i was about thirteen when my father was thinking about all this i'm forty seven now and i find myself still singing about these things my father was fighting for in this times were young to get somebody nice one by. the end of the.
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night nothing else. there. is no one of. you. who don't leave but i reckon i can edit this or been that bad me two years. accounts are comparable or sicknesses got a rep burka. it's going to do. competition. well for us but it is enough to round out the long haul and move for peace on the river front of the lens. at the end of the do you see that to see or do not to. so do their language and stick to those on this only to trade up to devolve it does
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that in the eyes of government without until those lost or dish on the puzzle because that is a loss also a whole problem because the multinationals it is a new problem with that is going to. say i told her to stop to read. that book for. me i thought of this the money will go. to before i can drop it off the wall while what i was told either is what i do not get out of movie or. because of all those things through my vest act are you going . to get a divorce or something and on the other hand you know he's for wales put this to you know they'd friend ken so. you know is making a peaceful protest sat at best not that that in a good. team he's a good leader the montra good to see kids are we made
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a peaceful campaign against the shale oil company. the fool the dictator son here. and trumped up. in those individuals god we had michael matz martin luther king the son car a comment to my my father. beat me people have sacrificed risking their lives to put the truth for the generations to understand. that. we've got to be like us are we on the podcast i get. all these molecules you want to pass that you can read we have twenty words we've got. that's very hard to say nonviolence is the solution. if there predated you know we have the elections we don't have what it is of our people you don't listen then in law generation comes and says well i'll buy this tried nonviolence maybe we should try violence how do you bring people in whom without we weighed the government i was looking i did
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force people. it's. a bit. of a battle but when one speaks of genocide one chance of a wonder or darvell or allusion member speaks of the congo. or the united nations and is there be a conflict in the world since world war two. was a geological scandal because of the enormous mineral wealth that's in its soil. conflict is based on who's going to control the resources of the congo that's really what's at stake we're talking about ten year rainy i'm cobalt or you name it ira and they have a new d.m. is there in the congo and nothing's in there but for what you ask all the soldiers
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bring them out of bed what's the children at. your thought so you have a number of major corporations that are implicated illegally exploiting congo's mineral wealth so you have cabot corporation out of boston massachusetts o.m. group out of cleveland ohio you have freeport mcgraw hand out of phoenix arizona microsoft panasonic touchy you have no motorola been questioned about the. tattoo that's used in their cellphones congo anywhere from sixty four to eighty percent of the world's reserve of coal tan three letter conducted and is found in almost every cell phone in the world and in almost every electronic device so these are some of the corporations that have been involved in benefiting from the cargo while on the other hand we have the congolese people dying to the tune of fifteen hundred a day forty five thousand a month five point four million in the last ten years hundreds of thousands. women
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rape. so what really discourages you is to see a patient you treated in two thousand come back five years later with a rape or and even worse than the one she had before this is terribly discouraging is a q what gives us courage is the capacity of these women to fight. through this. if one person is bring the lies in front of everyone by the time that ends everyone in the area i'm going to take their baggage and leave the community. if they are being displaced this is the religion of or most of the minerals i look at it so that's the best way to move the people. so the actual rapes taking place the ramp on the
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land and the report of people and these two rapes in the stricken link you. really wander around for you don't bring a lot of your. piece of. fish. in the name of my organization is you there does bawling you know that you were just blown. away they all want to see a chunk. of change or the people contained by things. now i would go out into my
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space and group. but we take into jokes given to the fights. on the roof oh he's ok just get care and have a vocal minority for the next thirty years or the. you know war our friends and i kill all the people. i was in this group of students movement. you can see there's a mandate he has gone. down and i want it isn't i don't want to. make sure this kind of a distraction should be. in order for the old people mine down but no it was so sad so sad to see our city i don't want to ask. i think
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we just want to talk move on we just bought by this company alcoholism it is a mile. from the also the drawings i walk to the door and also from out in the documentary was taken place when i was close to employees around me as an artist. because i felt i was mildly gissen to have a recorded account you know artistically even though i was doing there was in doing so. we asked i just to try to encourage the people we show you know one thing it will write about it and know people are picking up. people like you can make a little better and want to rule in transforming the lives of the people. to day
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is the opening of the international women's. to the finish president madam. you know the one to remove him to come out to be deliberate welcome welcome welcome. the liberian women have always been strong we have the only woman president in africa. and we want to make sure that they are more women that's what this coming together is about for us to sit down every three months we'll be talking to. friends of liberia partners of liberia. i welcome you all to see me get. into these women. they are placeholders. sometimes they are the boldest
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of all of the people trying to stop the war because they have so much invested they know it's their daughters that are going to get raped they know it's their sons their are going to be picked up as child soldiers it's their husbands who are going to get killed so they care deeply about stopping that violence. no could you would call them to look cool. this. tragic events happening to nineteen to. one million people under the hundred. they came with machetes spears shouting and looting holding us they were after the ethnic tutsi we thought towards.
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