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portugal greece would be taking in now this downgrade happens on the back of some negative news coming from spain also the leaders of the g seven countries meeting together to find a solution to spain's increasingly dire situation spain had said that it's a banks are losing access to markets because borrowing costs of the going up so much this begs the question is there going to be another bailout what would this entail once again and who's going to be bearing the brunt of it would it be the taxpayers once again that would be a previously a spanish ministers had said that spain can't come up with the money on its own but already some ministers are saying that in fact they won't need some international help and because of that there's a lot of skepticism jittery of markets reacting to this now certainly what has been consistent in this whole crisis is that one statement today of confidence changes at the next day a complete turnaround and therefore there really is no sense of stability a sense of confidence in any of the statements coming from the country what has
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been consistent is that there is no solution until now found to get out of this euro zone a crisis investment advisor patrick young says of the german downgrade has long been coming. we've really heard the truth that i think many in finance knew all along but ime such as commerce spying they build themselves up by huge portfolio where they thought they were being very very clever by buying themselves boards of places such as greece italy spain in other words all the places where not they can't possibly sell their debt because the government sort of effectively in huge problems so therefore what's happened is once more another little layer of the onion let us say has been peeled away and that's examining and showing us that ultimately the euro has no clothes the european union is in a total ness due to its three years of denial of its economic problems all of the
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politicians hope basically left the people stranded the new government in spin went into denial mode from the government they came into office and six months later they've suddenly realized what anybody who's remotely financially literate could work out six months ago or two years ago even spanish banks are lost and ultimately there needs to be a way in order to manage to rescue them but the conventional be like mechanisms are not going to work and that's why ultimately it's very difficult to see tragically whether or not the really is a future to the euro was a currency because it's a disastrous political scheme rather than an economic engine of prosperity rather it's the opposite it's putting people out of work for up work rather than putting them in jobs russia and china basing their military partnership including holding more going to drill for president putin is currently in a state visit to beijing to forge closer ties with the agent giant china's growing
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influence is causing worries for the u.s. there which is shifting more of its warships to the asia pacific like the set of pesky is in the tiniest capital for us. and not only the diplomatic and economic ties seem to be very strong between moscow and beijing but now we have it confirmed by vladimir putin and this is something he stressed in particular that the military partnership between the two countries will also expand now it's already been very strong i mean here that russia and china have already conducted a very successful joint military exercises in the past and certainly the weapon exports from russia to china is also massive but now we understand according to put in that this cooperation will expand suddenly this is some kind of news which would hardly be very welcomed in the west in the united states in particular which have been growing a very much war with china's growing military might and the recent visit by the u.s. secretary of defense mr panetta to the asian pacific region basically confirmed all these worries with producing statements like the united states must be vigilant in
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the face of. china's growing military power but beijing is also growing very impatient and very irritated with the actions of the united states which in particular this visit often they're saying that the growing military presence in the region may destabilize the whole situation we certainly are waiting to see whether there will be any reaction coming from washington on these statements coming from beijing but definitely the fact that russia and china are growing their military ties certainly adds a very interesting spin to global geopolitics meanwhile leon panetta is wrapping up his asian charm offensive with last stop in india brian becker from the antiwar oncet coalition says america's military focus on the region could have dangerous implications. it's because the united states wants to exercise had germany in the asia pacific when it says it's pivoting towards asia which president obama
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announced in australia in january that should be considered a dangerous thing for asia the united states invaded the philippines in one thousand nine hundred in one thousand eight hundred it invaded the asian part of russia to stop the russian revolution during world war two it's what most of the war in asia then it went to korea vietnam the united states is for many many battles in asia so a pivot towards asia should be considered something of great alarm for the people of the continent china is seeking to defend itself it does not have a global ambitions with its military unlike the united states which has a thousand military bases located in one hundred thirty countries china is basically concerned with its own economic development of course as a major power but they see the united states plans their pivot towards asia something very threatening. and late in the program the waiting that became a funeral nato forces in afghanistan like use a feeling of millions while hunting down militants we assess and the coalition is the impact on stability of the region. plus how the story
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of osama bin laden had made its way to hollywood stay tuned for reports coming up in the program. reaching rules while organizing all participating in public protests may now cost a pretty penny in russia as the parliament has approved a new law supporting tougher punishments for violations if he had to get signed off by the president but the bills already cause a storm among opposition groups setting a new parliamentary record for the time it took to be possed t.s.a. you got a piece cannot has the details. the draft aims at significantly increasing the fines for violating the rules of taking part in mass rallies from the current seventy year olds up to a maximum of seven thousand euros for average citizens or around two hundred hours of community service so that's why it's causing such a we all for fierce criticism and anger both from the official and unofficial
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opposition many of whom are calling this draft draconian but it's two quarters say that it corresponds with western european standards and actually if we compare the figures of the penalties in some of western european states are often much more severe and the fines could be much higher as well reaching seventy five thousand euros the draft was initiated after a launch protest rally ended in clashes between some of the protesters and the police we've seen pieces of concrete flying around small grenades and injuries on both sides it was more of a marathon last night when it took eleven hours for the lower chamber of parliament the state duma to work through the draft because of a new tactic which is being taken on by the opposition which is new for russia but it's a practice which is similar to filibuster ring in the united states when some deputies try to be as abstract the best possible to do real the vote but by around midnight
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it still ended up being passed to despite this fierce debate. remember all the latest stories also on our website at archie dot com here's a taste of what's they for you right now release them all charge that's amnesty international's message to israel over palestinian prisoners catch up with the details online. in class and that is the enterprise space shuttle is making tough finals to date voyage along the hudson river to new york's entry page museum the enterprise and never made it into space but still made quite an impression find out why t.v. dot com. the attention of we could be supporters has now shifted to an american military court with a series of pretty child hearings have started for us on the private bradley manning he's accused of the biggest leak of government documents in u.s. history
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a charge his lawyers hope to see dismissed however as artie's medina question of explains there was some leaks of that will always go unpunished. from a former cia officer who question waterboarding to suspected we can be small bradley manning the obama administration has waste an unprecedented war on whistleblowers prosecuting more of them under a span ash laws than all previous administrations combined but it seems one man snitch is another man's spin doctor the problem with the current situation with the current white house is they have leaked classified information for both times when it suits them to do so one of those with what was written with the book obama's wars done by bob woodward or they played out two chapters of information about current operations and also with the catholic bagel bigelow project regarding seal team six takedown of gun laws last year at this time the film in question which is titled as zero dark thirty covers last year's raid by u.s.
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commandos on the pakistani compound where some of bin laden was hiding the conservative watchdog judicial watch has obtained records revealing that hollywood filmmakers were given access to proof the undisclosed information about the operation oscar winning director kathryn bigelow and screenwriter mark boal were even granted at tour around the fold as cia building where tactical planning for the raid took place the film is out in december but was initially due to be released just weeks before november's presidential elections sad facts all some flak fly the administration's way while the entire project has raised concerns over the way intelligence is being used it's best that this kind of information particularly as it revolves around what's surrounding this movie remains classified it absolutely has to it's very unfortunate that it's coming out to be used for
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political purposes for a congressional election however there is nothing unusual about the defense department collaborating with the makers of hollywood blockbusters. it's a partnership that dates back to the middle of the twentieth century and it has proved effective the pentagon has what hollywood filmmakers won access to millions of dollars worth of military equipment to use in the movies and hollywood has what the pentagon wants the insolence to sugarcoat its actions and attract millions of potential recruits in recent months to other movies about the navy seals long survivor and act of valor how for sift official assistance veteran hollywood reporter david robb says the pentagon has for a long time had access to the scripts of hollywood filmmakers to show the military in a better lot in the american people are seeing hundreds and hundreds of films and television shows that have been sanitized by the military and to make military seem more
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heroic than it really is and never wrong and always good that this creates a false image in the american people's mind so while for some folks will get truly walk out others are trying to project patrick tells them and propaganda on to the silver screen my you know question archie reporting from los angeles california. and to the so-called a wall and whistle blow was this just the beginning of an all out campaign against freedom of speech the civil edmond's of founder and president of the national security with whistleblowers coalition. is going beyond just that in your example by a congressman this is also sad precedence and this is what the american public and actually people around the world need to understand that you are seeing ask elation and each case where there is bradley manning or julian
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a sign or the recent whistleblowers who have faced indictments you are seeing escalation u.s. government is waiting to see what kind of reaction they are going to get from the public this is just that has gays and if yes public feel not support this case so they are in supporting and getting outraged and supporting these whistleblowers we are going to see a form of war situation not only with government was not laura's but also with journalists that bloggers and activists just to remind you the world's top whistleblower julian a son she has his own interview program here in r.t. and if you've missed any of the series you can always catch up online at our t v dot com. a morning nato air strike has left at least eight hundred civilian state including women and children in eastern afghanistan on wednesday this is according to local officials a coalition statement denies any civilian casualties claiming the attack killed
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eight military commanders investigative journalism gareth porter says the reality of nato presence in the country is growing discontent and death. this whole problem of u.s. and nato military operations both air strikes and make raids is a situation that has caused enormous opposition from the population particularly of the relation in southern afghanistan the. region of the country are to increasingly oppose the presence of u.s. and nato forces if you look at the casualty figures for civilians and you compare them with the level of foreign troops operating in afghanistan you can see that there's a direct correlation between the two and the more u.s. and nato forces particularly u.s. military forces are active in
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a particular area the more civilians are going to be caught up in the fighting so the exact opposite is really the reality of the claim that the united states could ever protect the civilian population that's out take a look at some other world showing it's making headlines at least eight rebels including the leader of a baby seven the funked were killed in north and colombia they died when a fire camp was bombed by the military the defense ministry confirm to us on twitter the revolutionary armed forces of colombia has been fighting the government for decades opposing united states' influence and the monopolization of natural resources by multinational corporations. the congolese government says its army killed thirty one renegade soldiers and choosy in the country's east the rebels are following gen boss korten done ganda who defected from the army in april and is the subject of an international arrest warrant the latest outbreak of
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violence has complicated congo's already fragile relations with neighboring rwanda which reportedly support the crew officials also claim the revolt has seen a g.'s two hundred militants killed in the last month. bahraini and human rights activists now bill regev has been arrested for producing tweets criticizing the country's rulers he's accused of publicly insulting sudanese will their ties to the regime this is the fifth case against the activist since may he was last arrested just after participating in july in a sun just show on r.t. . the help of whose name or barak egypt's toppled president or acim dramatically on wednesday the eighty four year old convicted former leader is serving life for complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising he was taken seriously ill on his way from the courthouse and is being held in the prison hospital's intensive care unit mubarak is known to have
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suffered from a heart condition and cancer in recent years. up to one hundred syrians have been killed in a small village in hama province think shooting women and children the syrian government has confirmed its forces were conducting an n.t. terrorist operation there in response to calls for help from locals but denies killings of civilians meanwhile the opposition was quick to blame the assad regime for the massacre the rampage comes as washington is threatening the syrian government with a un security council resolution that could authorize the use of force the something russia and china have vowed to oppose but according to lawyers a shust international affairs and defense analyst the killing of politically neutral produce is just another attempt by rebels to trigger international action. people pierce to these by belong to a group. so they could go to toil. because shepherd's bush
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called the great people with the support of the government they were protected by the by have became the first of the rebels the opposition the blade to. try to. bridge which is so fake that the rebels like the houla massacre that happened just before kofi about to syria. to appraise up what the situation. is there are papers. who are very unscrupulous they don't want to go back to a situation which i have to at thirty eight the possibility of. they don't want their way back they just were removed by force that's a very serious risk especially with their older players who boldly that each approach there is. for syria there is so you
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are better presents by turkey could trigger a broader war. up next our tease interview with syria's minister of information and men mahmoud who tells r.t. his views about the so-called information war and its conflicted reports stay with us. then the arab league council has asked satellite operators are upside. down the broadcast of sirius satellite channels what do you think about this decision. this
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decision is an attack on free media and freedom of expression it's an attack on syrian media the purpose is to hide the truth about what is really going on in syria from people both inside and outside the country this is part of the smear campaign launched by certain satellite channels and supported by the gulf nations behind it the decision contradicts fundamental moral and professional standards for mass media in the arab world and globally it contradicts the rules and regulations for satellite broadcasting as agreed by the council of arab ministers of information and this decision was made by foreign ministers which means it was politically motivated it's part of the anti syrian political agenda we all understand that these plans are being implemented on political and economic levels the main purpose of this decision is to silence syrian channels can uncover the role of some of these countries providing support to terrorists in syria when i
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help him financially and smuggling weapons into the country and they're also the freight of syrian channels disclosing the truth about terrorist connections of some media outlets financed and supported by these outside players we have had a situation where terrorists. acted as correspondents and foreign media the very people are sponsible that's filmed their crimes and sent a footage to the media blaming my government for the atrocities of the syrian people and the ministry of information condemning this decision the ministry considers it as its responsibility to provide satellite broadcasting the syrian satellite channels. a little how the arab states and other countries as you say are waging an information war against syria does the syrian government media still provide balanced and unbiased coverage do they provide an accurate picture of the situation in syria especially considering that they were not prepared for this
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information war. and first of all it should be said that everything about the mass media is in fact down to the audience if we take polls around inside and outside syria we shall see that the audience of the syrian satellite channels has grown and so has the number of viewers who perceive these channels as the source to turn to a live news coverage on syrian satellite channels provide live coverage sixteen hours a day and this includes both the official channels and the specialist and private. thus we can say that the official syrian media has taken a firm lead in the coverage of the barbaric war syria has been forced into them and in exposing the plans to undermine the strength of spirits by the syrian people i'm deeply convinced that the recent sanctions against our mass media came as a response to its increased impact had there been no such impact it would be no need to introduce sanctions against on mass media the american and european
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sanctions followed by those experienced by some gulf states at the recent arab league meeting only confirm that the influence of the syrian media has grown because of all that we will have to develop our informational policy and improve the structure of the syrian media. the arab league sees to shut down some of the syrian channels but the annan plan actually calls for as many channels as possible to cover the events in syria. of course it's very strange we ask oceana and the un security council who will protect freedom of speech democratic principles and liberties how can you shut it down syrian national media when the annan plan calls for a free accreditation for foreign media coming to syria to cover the situation here and we have one hundred eighty media outlets from all over the world represented in
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syria and over one hundred accredited foreign reporters permanently working travelling freely across the country to cover the event that's because how can you shut down syrian satellite channels and at the same time allow foreign news services operate freely this will result in biased coverage of all this is part of the information more ways to get syria we know that eighty percent of the satellite channels dedicate thirty minutes of the news hour to syria today and a recent study shows that ninety percent of satellite coverage on syria has nothing to do with the actual situation in the country it's all lies and fabrications it's again proves that there's a real information more waged against syria with real facts being substituted be fabrications these lies and the only way for them to achieve their objectives in their war against syria and that the have the houla massacre is
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a good example of that as soon as the first pictures of a massacre were released everybody started accusing the syrian army and security forces but we all know who was really behind this trying to know what the atrocities used against the syrian people as well as the sanctions introduced against the syrian government. media have revealed the true nature of those waging war against syria today the people of syria a targeted by terrorists who are armed and sponsored by regional powers like qatar saudi arabia and turkey. as well as by western nations such as the us the how those who often talk about fighting terrorism have joined their forces today to support terrorists attacking syria. but that's what we want to thank you very much for being with us today mr adelman what syrian minister of information.
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if. it's six thirty am here in. a recap up ahead of the eurozone infection has reached even germany this. in the country second to begin slender raising fears throughout europe that not even his economic powerhouse can withstand the current financial. joint and new that is russia and china with a ministry partnership including an increase in naval drills the move follows the u. was pressed extend its military presence in the asia pacific moving most of its warships to the region in the coming year. and to disturb the peace pay a fortune russia's upper house passes a new bill hiking finds for protests by nations one hundred and fifty fold the low
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spot some of the most heated debate to setting a new parliamentary record with eleven solid hours of talks. and coming up next a stanford university's professor william perry shares his views about president obama's foreign policy record and america's challenges in the middle east see changes for the way to spotlight. how gathered welcome to the spotlight the interview show on our two year old good moments they were a guest is william perry. the presidential campaign.

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