tv [untitled] March 20, 2012 3:00am-3:30am EDT
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the red cross calls for a daily ceasefire in syria to give doctors time to evacuate the wounded and bring in medicine with russia having its voice. torture training human rights groups find us and kept sending out again detainees to prisons where evidence of torture had been covered. and being out on the streets letting them out of work you pay construction workers demand justice is they find out police supplied information that landed them out of a legal blacklist. items out today following on from losses made on monday took in about twenty minutes i'll have the actual think it's really a. eleven
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am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t with reports of more violence in syria the red cross is calling for a daily cease fire in the country with moscow throwing its weight behind the move and two hour truce is necessary to evacuate the wounded and allow in food and medicine u.n. teams currently on the ground for with a government led humanitarian mission there are attending to launch a monitoring operation to help them solve the crisis a recent spate of violence in the syrian cities made the regime point the finger at saudi arabia and qatar saying the arab states who are involved in terror of lies the gulf nations were accused by assad's regime of arming those behind the deadly strikes journalist michael hughes thanks damascus has grounds for the accusations. i think some of it is there already and we are writing it from now which means
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sunni and shiite and the reagan years you know the war we were going on between saudi and iran we're not in a lot of hard evidence right. it's not unreasonable to conclude that based on the nature of the attack. and the fact that it's coming closer to damascus and the embassies. which is unlike what the opposition is today so u.s. intelligence feels the attack bear the hallmarks. so they're there for some reason we're about. opposition leaders admit they're getting weapons from some foreign countries dr bashar jafari syria's ambassador to the un says western and arab states backing the rebels are trying to capitalize on his country's crisis. those who fight for justice purity justice should engage and the government's called for measure that includes the guy and the government is really serious and committed to
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making the includes the sea of the inlet political process a successful one the opposition is not independent it's making decision and they cannot think this is it without getting the green light from washington ok so you know a lot of the saudi arabia has put these capitals with the computers. to create the deviation they found what they were looking for in the us is condition of the situation in syria it's about the people concerned it's about double standards they are not serious about making any assistance to the syrian people in the heart of the syrian national political aims by using these claims against the will of the seed of people. you can see the full interview with bashar just already in a little more than an hour here on our team. the u.s.
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has continued sending afghan detainees to facilities where prisoners had previously been tortured despite a ban on such transfers last july report comes from the afghan human rights commission assisted by the international open society groups evidence of new torture is already being recovered uncovered as are he's got reports from washington. every year forces detained thousands of afghans and a good number of those are transferred to afghan interrogators now the report by the afghan independent human rights commission a new york based open society foundations were built that what awaits the detainees after being transferred is often torture and denial of due process the report refers to very specific cases and testimonies and basically asks whether the u.s. is complicit in torture there we're talking about some gruesome reports of abuse detailed in that report beatings suspension from the ceiling electric shocks of threatened or actual sexual abuse and other forms of mental and physical abuse which are routinely used to obtain confessions or other information the research
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primarily focuses on the afghan intelligence agency does business and that it says that the u.s. in the business of the u.s. forces is just to hand over those detainees but for years america's own network of secret prisons in afghanistan as provided ample material for various reports rampant torture and unlawful practices have been reported at so-called black site interrogation centers by the way the u.s. government has admitted the existence of those secret centers but the admission the confirmation came after many years of denials so now as the u.s. is in the process of handing over its presence including the infamous prison on dog base to the afghan government though these reports come out about what happens to the detainees after their hand handed over by american forces to their afghan colleagues this pullout operation is becoming increasingly challenging for the united states at times plain embarrassing because of the bad news coming from
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afghanistan on a regular basis the american soldier who apparently killed sixteen innocent civilians the burning of the holy muslim books of u.s. marine you're an aging on dead afghans and more broadly the surge of violence there rampant opium production which terrorists around the globe feed off yes journalists tend to focus on problems good in a van is that it seems there are more problems than time to report. human rights activists have also slammed nato for its campaign in libya as we reported a little while ago lyons comes under fire from activists saying it failed to investigate or compensate civilian deaths in libya last year. and while lection webcams may have uncovered more than intended videos people russian authorities an idea of how to use the price you project for what they believe to be the good of the people.
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these are the images. from the streets of kandahar. home for asians rule today. iran says it will retaliate for being cut off by swift the global bank payment network it says it may block a vital oil route in the persian gulf this is fresh reports suggest u.s. and israeli intelligence agrees tehran is not developing nuclear weapons but political analyst and historian peter rushton says it's unlikely to ease pressure on iran. what we're seeing at the moment has been is the culmination of a long term effort by iran's enemies to force the iranian government into a corner to force them into a position where they are loath with an invidious choice between on the one having to steer a course in tween on the one hand seeming to be bullied and giving in and appearing weak and on the other hand alone themselves to be provoked and allowing themselves
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to be forced into a confrontational position diplomatic and intelligence professionals are having their reports having burwood of bugles for political and or geological reasons there's a political ideological agenda in washington and tel aviv to an extent here in london as well to willfully misinterpret intelligence to slant or to spin to use the term that's become used recently to spin intelligence in a direction that forces people on the path to war we saw it in iraq where they would they were there were absolutely disastrous consequences from intelligence the intelligence process being abused and i think we're seeing it now here in iran. u.k. construction workers are calling for justice after some of them discovered campaigning for safer jobs landed them on a secret blacklist investigation found some of the information used to identify so-called troublemakers actually came from the police archives laura smith reports
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. from working for speaking the truth these trade unionists and whistleblowers fighting back after years of wondering why they couldn't get a job these skills and jimmy is now know their names were on an illegal blacklists . in two thousand and four form a union organizer steve hadley was mysteriously sacked and for the next four years he wanted why he couldn't get another full time job then a friend told him about a blacklist held by a private company and accessed by some of the u.k.'s biggest construction sure enough he uncovered a sixteen page file on himself to cause and complete tale reports. political of political activists were threatening injuries were part i was clearly . they were the employers were distributing this month's themselves with this
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blacklist in the organization i think basically are normally better for people from a climate much of the information in hadley style is clips probably left wing newspapers i've uni and magazines but some comes from a different source altogether the police i was and their names i was a participant on another freshest demonstration. this information doesn't come from their employers could only have come from a place i mean we don't agree with employers keep a blacklist it's an illegal thing. it opens up a whole new dimension when the state security forces ok involved in this it had all the smarts of a place that working on a building sites one of the mainstays. risk jobs in the u.k. your fear there were fifteen deaths in the construction industry many of the band's workers say the reason they're on the blacklist is because they blew the whistle on poor health and safety standards so they say construction companies make to
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increase profit filed held by the now shut down consulting association so the police are complicit in companies exploiting workers and destroying anyone who stands up to dave smith of the blacklist support group believes collusion construct the very top of the force it's not. you know. who is just happen to have found their own past on misinformation because why would any on. such a thing as a consultant association even existed i believe it's the most senior levels in place colluding with the directors of my wir national companies. because of a series because we raise concerns around quite wages and open society because again politics blacklisting devastates the law used to be its victims highly qualified people unable to use their skills steve hadley his marriage broke down.
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firmly to support when i was contracted it was. because it was. stopped. its put your horse in jeopardy. jeopardy your relationships and. you can't pay your bills anymore the company that held headley style has now been closed down but he and his colleagues believe there are more black mist that happen yet you know uncovered they say they'll fight until they know the extensive state security involvement in their persecution your smith. and visit our home page or if you dot com for the latest music videos and analysis of live in here's what were. i put away. the greek inferno after a football fans clash with police and even torch part of a stadium. and that on a best practice strike again this time it's the website of a russian t.v.
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a report on our. race for staying with us here on r t quarter past the hour in moscow human rights groups say nato has failed to investigate civilian deaths caused by its airstrikes in libya last year they're calling on the allies to address the incidents and also provide compensation nato says it carried out its strikes with the utmost care imprecision argues possibly your house from. amnesty international says that nato knives are properly investigated nor provided compensation for the civilian casualties that it could during its seven month operation and in a statement amnesty international said that nato has made a lot of noise around protecting civilians and as such it could not merely brush aside its responsibility with vague statements of with great over civilian deaths
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from the beginning of the nato operation in russia was very critical and it's clear that nato when it went beyond its mandate of nearly protecting civilians and hearing from amnesty international they know of the fifty five civilian cases that include sixteen children and fourteen women north of wives and victims' relatives say that they have never been contacted by nato for base part of the story or for any kind of compensation nato has responded by saying that they deeply regret this but that a mission and a mandate in libya is over policy r t. anti-war activist david swanson things spawning campaigns for united tarion purposes don't pay off a war launched on the basis of a un resolution that did not authorize regime change but it was used for regime change so that we now have a humanitarian warriors pushing for war in syria and elsewhere arguing that the un
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nato into libya for regime change when it did no such thing we have new media held up now along with kosovo and the first gulf war as it would war as a humanitarian war and no explanation of the number of lives killed by nato and by the us in the process the wallace inus of the war the lawlessness of murdering the the ruler of the country and the che os that resulted so that there is no expectation in the first ever future of a stable democracy with protection for human rights in libya as might have been predicted from the fact that we can never achieve such a thing with our bombs before. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe a series of blasts have rocked iraq killing at least twenty nine people dozens were
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injured in baghdad and in the city of karbala one of the deadliest attacks happened in kirkuk where a car bomb exploded near a police headquarters and violence comes a day after the ninth anniversary of the u.s. invasion of iraq. the. french police say the gun used in a deadly attack on a jewish school into lose was the same that was fired in last week's killing of three soldiers of north african descent a massive manhunt now underway for the shooter he shot dead at teacher his two sons in a school girl while a teenage boy was left seriously injured all french schools will observe a minute of silence tuesday morning and guards are being posted outside religious schools and buildings. u.n. nuclear watchdog says north korea has invited to resume monitoring parts of its controversial atomic program the move comes amid escalating tension after pyongyang announced it was planning to test a rocket by launching a satellite korea agreed to suspend enriching uranium and missile tests last month in return for hooty from the u.s.
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. heavy rainfall in the southern peru of lead to a massive landslide threatening local households dozens of homes already destroyed by mud flows and farmers say they've suffered serious losses to no casualties though we have reported and authorities say it's not the first major landslide in the region since the rainy season started in january. russian web cam secured not only transparency reader in russia's recent presidential vote but also provided people with hours of entertainment now the authorities have decided to give the billion dollar project there was a second chance at life or he's a carrier grouch over what said how exactly big brother could be put to use. those videos went viral from cultural dancing in chechnya to some quite impressive workouts five hundred years worth of light video recorded on one single day was part of electing the next leader of russia what cameras were installed at all
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polling stations to mourn it or any possible fraud but the relatively few violations were overshadowed by the entertainment provided some have already dumped the election the most expensive live show in russia's history the system cost almost a billion dollars the. most advanced software to the most remote regions of russia if not for the elections it could take another five to ten years now we can do video conferences callers can be lectured by depressed professors from russia new crude. that's just one of many ideas about how to use the two hundred fifty thousand cameras popular russian comedians came up with some more one of those carriage should be installed in the house of the officials to fight corruption a monitor that every move. should do the same with some of her from clear safina where they cannot even put the ball in the back of the net for seven meters. and
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one russians may still be undecided who they want to keep an eye on they definitely want to mourn it or and control not entertain the all seeing eye all the webcam will make things harder to hide under the carpet and russia's police stations are somewhere critics have argued for a while need to come under greater scrutiny. but equally after several people died recently probably received while a preliminary. the interior ministry is investigating a police station and causing a trim and died from serious injuries sustained in custody a string of such incidents gives way to the argument that there can never be too much money trying. to just remove cameras from polling to police stations he should be installed in preliminary cost of the skills directed a policeman on duty and in the rooms were suspects are questioned it would not
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violate the rights of those detained as their faces would be hard to see but it will save themselves from police abuse. meanwhile parents want to protect their children from another type of abuse corruption in schools with the annual nationwide state exams due to take place in june they are lobbying for classrooms to be equipped with c.c.t.v. . it's crucial for us that all children during all types of exams on equal terms that they do their tests without help that they don't use the internet means otherwise those who don't should have a worse chance to get into a good university there had been numerous complaints in the past about unclear competition that there had been no proof now there will be. any ideas on the table authorities have launched an official competition for the best project to use the costly equipment and with everyone allowed to have their say the
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people's big brother looks set to stay if you do gretchen over r t moscow. computer giant apple's without a little start rewarding its shareholders with dividends and be buying back some of its stock at the same time this is sales of its new i pad tablet hit record levels our financial guru max keiser speculates on the future of the mania. for people in america. one group computers the other group. now there's a lot of similarity here it depends on how you view the future unfolding either it's a. logical nirvana where the more computer power you have in your hand the more processing speed and pixels you have in your hand the more power you have well or it's a dystopian nightmare of food and energy shortages where the more magnum the more bullets the more gun strength you have the bigger glock in your hand the better
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but i don't see these two co-existing it's either going to be one or the other. is a report coming your way in about ten minutes here on r t first though the financial are following all the numbers from the business best so with the second hour of training here in moscow any significant changes to the russians that's right now while actually yeah i mean the markets here are extending their gains that she does very little bit better a little bit stronger this hour they still significant losses on money monday pommy and that was due to we call as was the losses in europe as you can see they are gaining strength at this hour as we look at the individual. we can see that gas more gas problem is the company reportedly is now i'm afraid twenty six percent price hike and i'll tell you the whole major loss that is also gaining is that
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profit rose nine point five percent last year but that's in russian accounts and stand. gold as you can see is among the best performers this hour after it dropped plans to move to london and more details on that russia's top top gold mine of polygraphs that is has suspended pownce join the footsie one hundred as i say the decision comes after delays in receiving approval from russia's foreign investment commission the company has planned to list seven and a half percent in the raising up to ten jill seven hundred million dollars. we'll get over to asia and see how that's a getting or not japan's close today they've got a public holiday but as far as china is concerned that we always got gold and silver at the my event you just saw that there actually galle sour we've got there we all got age and also as i say japan they are indeed close to that there are some
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hard times but shined up they are down and that sort of the government increased gasoline prices after they went up off the threshold that they put on that prices were interesting to energy firms didn't actually didn't really get any significant boost actually from not surprisingly enough if we have a look at oil now that we're talking about said now there's been reports from the u.s. that there's a void to refineries so that's going to cause a problem with a local demand as i said earlier we've been concentrating on international conflicts causing fines is tight but at the moment there's a local concerns as i say with these refineries when i say i don't mean this if you're not doing anything nirvana administration has been criticized largely for that as you can see those prices are indeed down at this hour if we take a look at the cars as we can see that the euro is down against the dollar the ruble has it mixed reviews and now as you can see just as hard as a dollar and lower against the year at this hour as i was saying earlier about gold
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