why not what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cancer a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cause a report. this is our to you these are our top stories tonight afghanistan's president tells our team that security in the country is under control despite incessant violence and the plans of key nato members to pull out early from the cost people. a more than other state where the alliance left his footprints to a human rights group wants made to be brought to justice over claims that dozens of civilians in libya were killed after the military campaign. in syria sparks three days of deadly clashes in neighboring lebanon while in syria itself total groups try to drive the opposition's point over the series of suicide

bombings. the difficulties in establishing the truth in troubled arab nations what we focus on next on the program as we get informative insight from media monitor sharif nashashibi. today i'm talking to sherry nashashibi he's the chairman and co-founder of an organization called arab media watch it's an independent nonprofit what stock which works towards the independent and objective coverage of arab issues in the british media sharif nashashibi thank you very much for talking to us today now let's start by talking about the arab spring in general how much diversity have you seen in media reporting of what's going on. well i think for me the major issue has been the difficulties which the media faced in reporting the arab spring. in all the countries where there have been protests and regime change the been very strict

kind of attempts to stifle media coverage to stop journalists getting in. to stop them doing their work once they're in. i think that's been that's been the kind of overriding factor the commonality between all these countries is that it's been very difficult for the media to cover and that has meant a reliance on citizen journalism on opposition movements and things are but the problem with all that is that it's difficult to verify all these things so a lot of a lot of what's going on is based on hearsay on sources whose. you know news and opinions you can assert to verify. and this is a real problem and i it's ironic because the governments that are. experiencing these protests constantly complain that the media are relying on opposition movements to get their news but that's because the government stopping the media from going in and doing the job themselves but that does presumably mean that it

has been very diverse in terms of who is reporting and what their reporting has it presented a range of viewpoint yes it has i mean just like in any conflict there you know you are witnessing a propaganda war between the various opposition movements the governments that are fighting. both doing their utmost governments have really stepped up i mean the media freedom record has always been very bad in that region but is really going up and not doing these the arab spring. but also the opposition movements have been very adept at using social media. to get their point across. certainly there has been misinformation on all sides and again this is not something. new and conflict but the social media has played an incredibly important role because the mainstream media has been unable to do the job properly because of all the restrictions and the physical dangers that they face so this is really kind

of star kind of facebook and twitter was that you know if you look at the populations of these countries a lot of them are very young they're quite good at using these social media outlets and the much more difficult for the government to control so in a way the government's attempts at stifling the media is actually shooting themselves in the foot because they are. giving opposition movements the ability to use other means which are more difficult for the government to control and yet there have been a lot of underreported issues haven't there is these conflicts of progress the racism in libya the feeding of the syrian armed opposition by by foreign governments the entire revolution in bahrain really yeah the problem is is that media due to budget constraints and other factors that really they are a kind of one story machine so you'll have you'll have a flashpoint somewhere in the media will focus on the flashpoint and everything else kind of falls off the radar and then when that incidents over they'll move on to something else so this is necessarily any conspiracy the media's.

enabling but it's you know they're just unable to cover more than one big story at a time. so yes you know but her name has been has been overlooked until now the grand prix has been happening and then once that was being worked out something else as was not being worked out so this is a problem and because there is so much happening in the arab world right now in the spring is just as a fact of so many countries it's impossible for the media to give all these incidents the coverage they deserve and they do all deserve the same amount of coverage and we seem to get a picture in the western media of the uprising as the opposition always being right and the government always being wrong but isn't the situation actually much more complex than that. well i mean i am not a spokesman for the government or the opposition i think if you look at various countries i think opposition movements have gotten things wrong i mean the you know

there have been credible ickes oceans of misleading. and propaganda but likewise the governments have done exactly the same thing i think if you look at the on balance it is the governments that are wrong because these springs these revolutions wouldn't have happened. you know people have gotten fed up with the fact that they cannot express themselves freely they cannot live in democratic systems they don't have the basic human rights and this is been going on for so many decades of people who just simply had enough to the point that government's proposing reforms was too little too late and violent ways in which the governments put down these protests meant that you know any talk reform was was pointless this revolution by its very definition a not gain as an impetus all of its way into the even if the governments in these countries are offering credible reforms that this sort of this revolution continues nonetheless yeah but this happens when when governments are either do not react in

a new way to the revolutions they don't listen to them or you know what we see in these countries is governments trying to propose enough reforms to try and placate the revolutions without actually meaning that those regimes will give up power and people now see through this and they're like these are just cosmetic steps i think this is a problem if the if the demands of these revolutions were met early on in the sufficient way it wouldn't mean maintain the kind of momentum and there's been a lot of talk about democracy but recently you wrote about an electoral law which has been introduced in. egypt and libya a law which says that anyone who's been involved with the old regimes in those countries can't run for election now is that democracy no it's not a. i mean i was very vocally against this because i think what these electoral laws are doing in a way just the same as what those regimes that was barring candidates from running

and that that is inherently antidemocratic. you should give people the choice. you should be able to gauge the level of support that the officials from the former regime has had if they don't have any support then let them fail electorally rather than make them political martyrs and if they do have significant support then it is unwise and dangerous to alienate sections of the populations that that support those candidates so you know democracy is not a case of you know. you know only allowing people to be elected who you want to be elected you have to listen to the will of the people and i think it is you know it is you know this is a whole mark of the performer jeems to say well these people are not allowed to run you have to vote for the for the people that we have that we let you vote for so i don't think i think this is very dangerous. since i wrote that article i see libya has passed another law that parties based on religion are not allowed to run which

i find very strange because libya is almost unanimously sunni muslim so i find this is a very odd thing to parties to run on the religious basis people should have the choice if they want to vote for parties or that then fine the danger again here is that you're going to make political martyrs out of these movements that feel that they should. have parties represented by religion and they're going to be driven on the ground and this could create the kind of instability. and extremism that wouldn't occur if there if people are allowed to express themselves the only way for these transitions to go smoothly is if you have as much of the population as possible the feel that they are in franchised if you disenfranchise them even a small section of population it can be really dangerous if you look at iraq i mean . the wholesale exclusion of a section of the population led to catastrophic what happened in iraq lessons and all being well and you talk about the will of the people and let's talk specifically about syria for

a moment there's sort of movement in some international news networks where experts are claiming that syria the syrian people do want an international intervention have you seen any proof of that. well there's different forms of international intervention i think there is there is a consensus that you know they don't want foreign troops in syria where you have disagreements now is whether whether the opposition should be armed or not or whether there should be safe passages in corridors and syria. that's where the debate is i don't think i don't think anyone wants foreign troops on the ground it's mainly about arming the opposition and i think the the problem i see i understand the concerns of people have with arming the opposition because there isn't that kind of accountability you know you don't know what those weapons will be used who will use them against who you who they'll use and you don't really know who these people are right in syria no but the problem i feel with with not arming

them is at the moment you have a government army that is not on the any arms embargo it is allowed to bring as much weapons as it wants and into the country and we've seen shipments of weapons coming in and you have an opposition that is you know if they are armed they are very lightly armed so what i fear is that those who are against arming the opposition kind of almost fueling the imbalance because the government can only if it wants to can only get stronger militarily and the opposition will only have a finite amount of weapons to fight with isn't the solution not then an international blanket international arms embargo for both sides i would think this would be a better option it's a less dangerous than the militarized further militarization of the revolution but unfortunately given the viewpoints of various parties and security council i don't think that will ever happen russia and china will not agree to an arms embargo on syria not just because they're allies but they are suppliers of arms to the syrian government so that what happened. this is my worry is that the disagreements on the

security council you know they are emboldening the government to act in the way that it's acting and this is i think will only. fuel increasing desperation among the opposition movements in syria and now you're seeing you know car bombs and things are that you want seeing before all right what's the future particularly for reporting in north africa in the middle east particularly with them escaping power and as a result of these uprisings it has improved i don't think the rise of islamic parties in those countries necessarily has a bearing on the levels of press freedom it's early to tell because you know a lot of these countries because they're never been press freedoms it's this is a process that's going to take some time to build institutions to try to train journalist properly you know to to allow just journalism to function in the way that it should and it never has in those countries so it's difficult. where things will stand but i think i think it's it's harder than the right direction whether

the little so there was a different matter but i think the important thing now is that people are acutely aware of their rights and how long they've been denied them and i think it will be much more difficult now that the genie is out of the bottle to put it i can't. thank you very much. my grandmother did not like we're going to become. he was afraid. and she was very cool. she filled. our lives frankenstein's monster. we don't have the problem. every time and effort is made. by the palestinian or in the european side to negotiate and to the violent attacks

against israel which i have no fear of war calling. so long as you have no fear calling the leader of the state of israel one of the main terrorists in the world. we are supposed to be seriously examining history but you mention a few words about jewish culture lapidary and people gets so upset this is i'm sorry to say it's a form of emotional blackmail. well

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thank you for joining me for the latest sports goals at the top stories. not my fault russia coach ticket can't play was a russian football cheese for his decision to quit after this summer's european championships. plus all change your probability of us when i already become as the new spartak moscow manager after the larry copping side of the red white the next season's champions league. all we crushed heartbreaker just got us from moscow side loses basketball's here any final by a single point in the last second to greek side and the p.r. costs. that first take out the card has blamed the russian football union for his decision to stand down as russia coach later this summer the sixty four year old dutchman says the union has remained on a deal that would have seen him leave the side twenty fourteen which of all court records. the media pack the headquarters of the russian or union wages or

undercarriage spilled the beans on his short departure from the dutchman certainly didn't pull any punches explaining he was bitterly disappointed to stand down after the euros and accused the russian football union of going back on their word why not offering him an extension to his contract before the european championships first. i'm very disappointed about the way it went out of improved was signed in four years due to blues due in the conduct was article that in april those bars is to say yes or no no i respected that but the federation wants to want to do it till after the tournament and again they can do that by an experienced coach but nerves are not by a girl to prove themselves a little levels however he will guide russia for the euros and. terms of a squad selection the major talking point was his decision not to include do not

believe dean of the russian has been an ever present for the national team over the last five years however the twenty seven year old didn't do enough to convince the dutchman to pick him because all respectfully do you know. he didn't play well in the war he didn't even play. even most part he was not always a regular then i have to choose between. between our shoes or known for me it is quite simple one of the major surprises was brickell of monitor smile of the twenty nine year old hasn't put on a russia shirt in eight years however advocates say is a sporting lisbon for its excellent club form convinced him to pick him for five times your record are biased by sporting. level and he's playing the last month of every game. despite these twenty a. player and a player with the russian season just finishing players will have

a week off before the squad gets together to stop their preparations for the euros on the twenty first of may undercut believes but germany spain and benevolence of a main favorites convince russia as potential to spring a surprise that other thing we can become a very. interesting outsider reconned play to where we can blow then we can beat everybody russia have a vastly experienced squad which is already been together for a number of years and advocate will be determined to wendy's reign on the high notes by trying to at least repeat the country success of the previous european championships four years ago when they got to the semifinals richard importantly dancey moscow. well meanwhile in the russian premier league despite leading spartak moscow to runners up spot for champions will football. manageable ari coping will step down as planned with form about the abbas you know emery taking charge with

immediate effect the forty year old span his appointment was confirmed just after spartak one to know that looking latif in a moscow dobby to leap frog and secure european top flight football well during four years at a lengthy emery guided the spanish team to third place in the league at three times in a row and he was also a player they also see that along with comp and move up stairs and take overs general direct response overseeing all the transfers was a change at the helm has also been confirmed that lots of what if coaches love and village has signed a three year deal with the railway man but what only take over after the mirrors in july the forty three year old was in charge of croatia at the two thousand and eight tournament where his team failed sleepy danes and three two in a qualifier wembley to hum russia a place in the finals village with places outgoing manager is a good set up to become a fourth coach in two years. so spot i can knock him out he faced each other on the last day of the season with spartak growing out to no winners which as we said in

second place behind the need in the sporting next season's champions league check to find that magic so he nodded in spot x. first we do i see the first half and double that lead five minutes before the break aiden mcgeady the assist the post goes. well to finish second spot i also needed tesco to lose it twice for my champions ruby and the army men played into their hands as they squandered a one goal lead to go down three wanting his own basically home to put the visitors in front right before the interval but it was all routine after the restart nelson came off the bench to immediately grab the equaliser. and then denise added an ace was first to the rebound to get the home side to want to leave with eight minutes to go. and the dance before he turned provider to set up the money. to make it three one zero. cup winners are been denying to scout champions league football next season. and this guy will be joining you group elite by angie despite

a two no home defeat at the hands of champions and eat first place out of the heart of the volatile and they are shut ins cross right after the break and then the heart of assisted in savant has the right go for this and petersburg side wrapped up their title defense on the high. while the last goal by inform is best done the same of which helped force players to manage or one of them had gone home size talks were seen a try i think up to ten minutes and they climb onto that lead almost to the end but this image salvaged the draw deep into injury time the bosnia midfielder was first in i cried the woodwork then kept his calm to find the back to keep the net. so this is how the top of the table finished as in each was already champions for the second year running and are joined in the champions league by spot sacked while you were a police places cater to sky then i want to see things and she and russian cup winners ruby. while over in england manchester city fans celebrated throughout the night

after their team were crowned champions for the first time in forty four years on a thrilling final day as city scored two stoppage time goals to win three two at home to ten one q p.r. and snatch the title from rivals manchester united on goal difference well one one after fifty five minutes q.p.r. captain joey barton was sent off for violent conduct but rangers then took the lead to jamie merton to stun the phones at least he had stadium and that's how it stood and ninety minutes gone when late late goals from edin jacket and secular go out sent a packed ground from despair to deliver am a city grab the title from under the noses of united one one mill at sunderland also finished third in tottenham fourth while bolton relegated along with wolves and blackburn but the day belonged to city and long overdue supporters. i agree that the days of the club does not this is the final like these. are taking

that. i am very proud for my players because the idea that they wanted to win this dive they walked out of for the reason they want to do in this diagram in the last second of the last game. so joyful mancini but aston villa have signed their manager alex mcleish after eleven months in charge the fifty three year old scott leaves off to the villains finished in sixteenth place just two points above the drop zone they managed just seven wins out of thirty eight matches and racked up that worst ever tally it's thirty eight points malaysia had join the club last summer from city rivals birmingham who won the carling cup but were later relegated . basketball now and there was hope break that says sky in istanbul as the moscow side missed out on a seven zero lead title after losing the final by a single point to impy all cost while the all the men had led for much of the getting a three pointer by milosz paid off each making the school twenty five thirteen in

the middle of the second quarter and his side were nineteen points clear in the third shots at n.p.r. cos claw their way back and i rode their luck to see i missed a golden chance to clinch the game as the message just ask us failed to score twice from the free throw line in the dying seconds of the amen clung on to a one point lead but we less than a second left on the clock that were hit by a sucker punch george just paying taxes in racing down the other end to sink the winning boss just to give the greek side a stunning sixty two points two sixty one victory and cisco stauffer with andre kirilenko set his team and we had them selves today. disappointed was. a great great game in the first goal before so out of door neighbors are going to realise they're very large snow well we start saving ourselves in the fourth quarter but there's no fourth quarter you know what we do remember we're in and that's why we want to do. orange county never mind someone i don't think we have

a problem with difference today we were no problem would often seem to work in the first hour for everything was falling in our hands you know a very great difference going door to the no offense. but a second how which is put into one of one's. american not to share has one goal to riches tournament the players championship after a two shot victory over scotland's malton lead at sawgrass gave himself a stray shot cushion after reading in this body part on the sixteenth and even though oh good the next the american was cool and collected at the last regulation poll for victory and a prize of one point seven million dollars the win also moves him up to six in the world rankings want luke donald missed the chance to reclaim the number one spot from rory mcilroy after finishing outside the top four in sixth. and finally with just over two months to go before the london games the greatest olympian of all time michael phelps says it will be a tall order to emulate his swimming success from beijing four years ago. i know it

won't be called better eight medals again. you know if you guys want to compare me to that that's your decision. but i'm going to try to accomplish the things that i have been. in my mind in my heart and. you know if i can do that and then i can have fun and that's really all that matters to me. and that's all the support for this bill is and i thought not.

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