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zero huda months ago blame game escalates with an agenda driven international media abandoning facts and facebook sensationalism. cyberwarfare steps into a new era as russian security experts reveal that the most dangerous virus ever discovered has been devastating middle east computers for good. and to a new face of u.s. homegrown terror and beyond these dirty tactics get occupy critics the tools to target entire movements reputation and presenting them as domestic terrorists.
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international news and common live from moscow this is ass he was me yes republic thanks for joining it's the most gruesome episode in syria's uprising is quickly turning into a p.r. battle as each side and their allies portion blame for the slaughter in houla just four days after the murders of over one hundred men women and children the media has been flooded with images fathering one or the other gender and as all she's sarah fast now reports authenticity has taken a back seat. when the b.b.c. ran this they say from iraq mistakingly claiming it was syria it led to some fifth criticisms the b.b.c. is like a british bombing club it always supports majors wars and even though there's no conspiracy the reporter women wrote this i'm sure they were told you it's part of a general malaise in the b.b.c. that schools intervention and the use of major. developing nation the from the very beginning the syrian crisis is seen to be distorted and blood at every turn
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and by both sides throughout the last months the world seen fake video reports and false statements that it hasn't quelled the sensation hungry media from jumping the gun on any shocking piece of news coming from the country ravaged by conflicts amid schools that the peace plan is now failing visited damascus in a statement he said. the government to take steps to signal that it is serious in its intention to resolve this crisis peacefully and for everyone involved to help create the right context for a credible political versus feet and this message of peace is not only for the government but for everyone every individual with a gun but while many media outlets loudly condemn the regime there has been little criticism of the open and blatant funding and arming of the syrian opposition
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a move that is served to massively undermine ceasefire attempts and now you would germs again seem to be beating john rees from the stop the war coalition could this the benghazi moment the moment where things are portrayed as being so bad that there's no other option but intervention some of us who've been around long enough who are a member cry in the western press some from western governments over similar occasions in kosovo will remember the way in which. saddam hussein regime was characterized because of its trustees. in iraq the same rhetoric john says could lead to even more lives lost we saw what happened in libya with this everybody understood the gadhafi regime. horrible dictatorship but when the western we ended up with thirty five. already is estimated to more than ten thousand lies have been lost in the conflict the death toll continuing to rise even was the un observers have been
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in the country but inside syria and amidst the devastation there is still hope for syria it doesn't move over oppression intervention we are completely against arming the uprising. against. we declared very clear very loud the mistake made by the b.b.c. goes to show the real problems when covering the syrian conflict the events of recent weeks of also showing that the mudslinging finger pointing and accusations that have been such a mark of the syrian crisis have only served to me further away and not closer to the train if that's the truth the people in syria have been paying with their lives sara. lunde. and commenting on the b.b.c.'s blunter with the iraq picture journalist and human rights investigator kate harman snow says there's simply no
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way to could have been posted by mistake. this particular photograph claiming to be a massacre of children in syria was years later a major element of propaganda accusing saddam hussein's government of killing all these children often first by so it was a nasty piece of propaganda it was very well known where his photograph came from if people believe that this is accidental or if it's citizen journalism they are really deceiving themselves these images are certainly you had on the war the manufacture of consent as we were given by the book if one of the claim that we can't get journalists into syria i think is nonsense there are cia agents through m i six if there are most not agents all over the place in syria at this very moment as they were in libya manufacturing fox images about libya claiming to be you tube videos that were citizen journalism you can see from the label activist and photo from activist i mean that's nonsense to the b.b.c. just doesn't do that they don't pull down photos from an activist and post and without everything they do is fact checked this is propaganda no mistake no action
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. and his warning not to rush to conclusions about the houla tragedy russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov referred to the balkans voice in the ninety's and he described how a group of european officials calls the nato intervention by declaring a sub genocide never made public leaks from the late investigation suggested the victims were actually cos of our militants killed in fighting as political analysts from said it believes the comparison with c. raised valid. atrocity management has done wonders first for the bosnian muslims during the bosnian war in ninety two to ninety five and then for the cause of albanians in the run up to the need to bombing of one thousand nine the political utility atrocity management is immediate and we have to ask in this particular case who has to gain from this situation certainly not the syrians slaughtering innocent civilians under the noses of international observers this thing stinks to heaven
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and i will do it but my last gold medal that we are indeed looking at a case of premeditated cold blooded murder of civilians by the serial by the syrian rebels in order to provoke international intervention. you're watching r.t. coming up in the program academic epidemic lost amid economic distress the problem of growing illiteracy plagued. by social rests with the. clothes they eat in jail taking a holistic approach to rehabilitate him that inmates which has disco bad description decrease rather the number of rehab. that's later but now there was some of the talk in history that's how russian computer security giant kaspersky lab has described a virus sweeping the middle east dubbed feel a faction is spreading through systems stealing unprecedented amounts of sensitive
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data and here. with more details for us. they most infected computers have been discovered in iran but israel has also been attacked as has syria and other countries across the middle east it's thought the virus has been operating since august two thousand and ten but both cast perske and other internet security firms say it may have been stealing data from computers for years before that iran has already accused the u.s. and israel of being behind the attacks and say that the virus may have been behind massive data losses that they've had in their computer systems recently because you say it's too early to say who's behind the attack but they do add that this is a new stage in the level of cyber warfare across the globe and that these viruses could become super weapons in that realm the flame virus is likely to go down in history as the third great cyber attack of its kind in two thousand and ten
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destructs net virus attacked iran's nuclear program while the dooku virus was busy stealing data from computer systems around the world flame though is much bigger its code is twenty times the size of stuxnet it and it can make use of a computer's webcam keyboard monitoring and also screen shots to steal data package it up and send it back to the attackers this level of sophistication and also the targets hit or what's making kaspersky lab think that this is a government backed cyber attack. and when it comes to cyber warfare our she is always there to bring you the latest news reports on previous major virus attacks can also be found on our website and here's what els awaits here at home so they can work some boxes or to russia as his diplomatic skills are brought into question saying he is still learning the ropes right down toward the lead to the surprising
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confession on why all season ball. goes kwan down so-called chips accounts has already put the brakes over one hundred thousand illegal drivers caught on the capital's roads. since it started nine months ago the occupy movement has frequently been shelled with criticism and misunderstood but now as. i reports slander and scaremongering are also being used to bring the anti called for a drive to hold. what began last september returned with a vengeance on the first of may tens of thousands of americans across the country expressing collective outrage over wealth inequality political corruption and
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corporate greed by the evening federal agents have busted up an anarchist plot in cleveland five people are under arrest the occupy movement made headlines for a very different reason this group here of so-called anarchists are in custody accused of wanting to blow up a bridge in ohio the self-proclaimed anarchists wanted to stop money flow into the one percent and said the federal government a message they have even ties to occupy cleveland as well the f.b.i. says the five ohio suspects were intent on using violence to express their ideological views that allowed some occupy critics to incriminate the entire movement is occupy wall street based on the allegations that we have or that bridge should it be considered a domestic terrorist organization the f.b.i. not only for oil the alleged terrorist plot it also used a government paid informant to help orchestrate it that man identified as shaquille as e's collaborated with the suspects loaned cash made introductions and then an
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undercover f.b.i. agent sold these folks according to the the prosecution the c. four explosives orchestrated ok it's just i was involved in this for a long time i was trained to entrap another game very well f.b.i. informant turned whistleblower craig spent six years working for the agency he says as long as the u.s. remains a threat to washington and wall street cases like the cleveland five will become more common. but that's the goal. now maybe three months later to be another one maybe six months later there be another one where now the occupy movement is really take it and no want to be around them so much because there may be some type of terrorist plan or plot. before the cleveland five came the new book for a terrifying plot the f.b.i.
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claims to have thwarted f.b.i. operatives provided the fake c four and actually showed them a fake stinger missile the four muslim suspects were arrested and charged with attempting to carry out terrorist attacks no direction by a foreign entity or real terrorist group instead direction came from an f.b.i. informant who monitored induced and facilitated the fabricated plot reportedly paid one hundred thousand dollars for his services in america's post nine eleven decade scores of u.s. muslim citizens have been arrested and convicted through sting operations involving f.b.i. informants. today as the ninety nine percent becomes a bigger challenge for washington some say angry activists could replace scary muslims as the so-called new face of homegrown terror i think that occupy wall street is dealing with big enough issues and there are enough people who are committed enough to the movement that it probably will have political prisoners maybe sooner than later occupy cleveland issued a statement saying that while the five men arrested were associated with the
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movement they were in no way representing or acting on behalf of the group and f.b.i. spokesperson also said the incident was not an occupy movement wants facts which so far have not stopped many from branding occupy with an unfavorable staying in important i.r.t. new york. in a song and the latest edition of his an exclusive interview show here what else he has been talking to some leaders of the occupy movement today that's eleven said to have them discuss missions. all right the u.k. prime minister david cameron has held a meeting with top financial officials and ministers to discuss contingency plans for the eurozone crisis britain not a member of the single currency is increasingly feeling its domino effect as fears of a greek exit trigger a sharp rise in boring costs and hollande green at the population on the stock
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cohen says that austerity measures can only work if the government starts spending we shouldn't be thinking of an austerity measure where everything gets tight that once went one bit when there's a recession and people can't create demand get spending money then we government has to spend that well there are various economists who study this problem and what they said was if you increase expenditures by the expenditures by the same amount you increase taxes increase national income and that doesn't increase the debt if the greeks are going to have to reserve taxes of the spanish in the end italians if they would spend in a one mile as they raise their taxes there's no increase in debt and it spurs growth it's not among the first things that spring to mind when talking of europe's problems however while widely overshadowed by the financial crisis illiteracy electricity remains a prominent even the most advanced parts of the he. asked ceiling are appalls it's
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multiculturalism that suffering the most there are two issues prevalent in much of europe today but at the forefront of election campaigns an e.u. debates one how to get more people working and to how to address the growing social divisions resulting from unemployment and ineffective integration policies but there's something integrity to these efforts as some say is still a largely a taboo topic illiteracy. what we want to do is you know raise more awareness that this actually is a problem and. it's actually nothing to be ashamed of a european union study has found that more than seventy five million adults lack basic reading and writing skills along with one million or one in five fifteen year olds in the e.u. plus in belgium about one in ten adults have low literacy levels are reality even more striking in highly populated urban areas and for foreigners there's the added
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challenge of reading and writing in a new language and here literacy is directly linked with social integration but. because there is a shortage of jobs employers tend to seek higher levels of education even for positions where it's not necessary to have a diploma it penalizes people with no degrees or who have low literacy illiteracy is a social phenomenon it affects people who are socially economically and culturally the weakest cinnamon's the plight of whom is not helped by the rise of anti immigration rhetoric in europe without misty international highlighting the discrimination faced by muslims in education and employment. ironically in a country where its leader was widely quoted as saying multiculturalism has failed and new immigration and integration surveys show that only a third of foreigners surveyed had trouble finding a job in berlin in stark contrast with seventy nine percent in lisbon in portugal and milan in italy they cited language classes as having helped while critics say
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the results may only be a consequence of better economic conditions in germany and nothing more regardless those monitoring illiteracy in europe reiterate the risk of social exclusion it would be wonderful if. we wait for that to happen. and turn sions that we have in the group is to make such a fuss about this matter that the politicians and policy makers will have to sit up and tell you notice they say before it's too late tesser cilia r.t. brussels. let's now take a look at some other stories making international headlines a group of lawyers have taken to do more fuel in march against the passing of a recent bill banning demonstrations in the controversial ruling was parson quote back after weeks of violent protests over an increase in tuition fees in canada
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following hundreds of arrests that turned between student groups and authorities have now risen and. have erupted in egypt's capital as hundreds of times the campaign headquarters the former prime minister ahmed shafik thousands more flooded doctors were demonstrating against presidential election results they called fall short think it was closely linked to the former regime to be banned from running for office is said to phase the muslim brotherhood's candidate in the second round of egypt's election injury. explosion has ripped through a shopping complex in downtown nairobi wounding at least twenty eight people shops were damaged what store contents scattered on the ground one eyewitness said the blast happened after a man left a bad neighborhood stall al shabaab militants from neighboring somalia have threatened to carry out attacks in kenya after the country decided to send troops to pursue them south asia's largest jail is aiming to turn dangerous criminals
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into better citizens by taking a unique approach using creative rehabilitation and pushing an emphasis on work skills they say that scheme is showing real results as a prayer shri to explain. it's a bustling factory in india men making everything from steel pipes to fabrics. it's set on a beautiful campus with manicured lawns and fountains a far cry from the hectic bustle of new delhi. but the workers in the seeming utopia actually have no choice about being here in fact they have no freedom at all because their inmates in south asia's largest jails the har. i mean they round it and make good clothes which is sold in the outside world nirmal singh is one of twelve thousand inmates in the heart and he's serving a life sentence for murder. now he makes one hundred rupees or two dollars a day for his work i feel that no matter what crime i committed in the past i don't
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want to commit any more or do anything wrong when i'm sure i want to look for a job as we've. seen heart is a revolutionary facility in india housing everyone from high profile criminals like former prime ministers to common robbers the masterminds behind this chill provide training for in maids as well as other activities like meditation music and painting to calm their spirits. by object or was i give them that kind of a holistic reform correctional way by which the mind gets dry cleaned and then they leave the prison i do not come back that they can't handle themselves many convicts here at the hard jail they very warning bells on the sprawling four hundred acre campus that they hope they can apply in the outside world authorities say the reform programs are working and only seventeen percent of the prison population are repeat offenders they hope that number will continue to go down it's
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an impressive statistic recent studies show that the real offending rate for prisoners in the united states is as high as sixty percent and around fifty percent in the u.k. one thing can be certain he said that if you do not do these groups the reforms then the criminality repeat offenders is bound to go up. while the inmates say there is nothing that compares to freedom most are trying to make the best of their time in the har. it's good at least we have something to pass the time but the only thing that i miss the most is being with my family. nirmal like his fellow inmates wishes only for a better life ahead when and if they're ever released preassure either r t new delhi india. and right now it's time to check in at business school katie hello that katie so well today it be a busy day for investors yeah i think it is going to be busier today because yesterday we had the u.s.
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markets closed for the public holiday so today will be extra busy because of that i'm going to get stuck in with the asian markets to begin with now they are indeed on the wrong on the amid speculation that china is set to do even more to boost the economy now its time is also made his already benefiting from those in the. us that those would benefit from these government subsidies in particular chinese stocks us because we just least those which. challenge to earlier in the session for those mothers to creep up and posed to tear it to around eight basis points just one of the losers are the stood out for me was counted as it is a camera make up and it has almost a third of its revenue from the eurozone that's down around one percent so it's feeling the pressure well as i mentioned the u.s. markets were going to close which check out the european markets because they really set the tide. and as you can see it was a mixed finish all the eurozone another was also was going yesterday including the
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whole spanish banking system else sprains prime minister mario rough voice he's struggling to avoid tapping into the mall kids as a fund to bail out with the largest lens which is a bank now all of this is leaving investors a really rough told about the fragile state of the banking system as also want to mention the fact that spain's government born close to really see yesterday's that was always helping bruce the real concern in the region again is the holy sentiment supplying into the common currency that because it is one twenty five twenty nine just as it was down evidence of just fraction but it's still on track for its biggest decline in moggs about how the group will perform jested eyes that were also love against the euro the dole out a moving on to the russian markets is now less than two hours until we see the closing figures for yesterday's session if we and they did manage to rebound the russian markets are not strong to utilize that we experienced last wave has we've
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got the. full ten in the mind set around seven tenths of a percent hegel's and most stories about rock value me read it the tally in a bank is closing down in its russian brokerage services company uni credit services not one hundred people will lose their jobs and they'll get legal compensation from the lens of the first time. people have been disillusioned for foreign companies last year global giant barclays closed its offices in russia all the moving on the european bank reconstruction and development is selling its stake in the after of us general motors joint venture the lender offered a sixteen point eight stake to the russian and american carmaker which a holding the rest of the stock the stake could be worth up to ninety million dollars and is likely to be evenly split between after vast and g.m.
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has killed those ore prices and see how they're faring at this hour and they are indeed gauging how the u.s. is now shipping a record amount of gasoline as the message boiled reaches a thirteen year high and even as fueled a mild weekend there's also check out the local mall to see prices we'll see those goals and so will ones as you can see we've got gold rising amounts gaining strength all declining. days but it's still that poison was round nineteen ninety two no i was all because of the concerns around the year as over the new year that the markets now back in about fifteen minutes with another. riot thank you very much for that u.k. to looking forward to it coming up next our exclusive interview coming your way as . it talks to the newly appointed russian communications minister that's coming right out i recount the top stories for you.
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