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two years sentence boy the infamous russian punk band pussy riot unleashes a storm of criticism at home as well as abroad but as russia points out it's less than they would have received any right. in the u.s. as the occupy protesters take into a new level as demonstrators stormed barack obama's campaign office demanding the release of jailed whistleblower bradley manning reaction leading to several arrests . of the no fly zone over syria would violate the country's sovereignty and the u.n. charter and that is moscow's reaction to the u.s. considering a no fly zone over syria with delta the view when approval. it
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was an art see it live from moscow with me to say first the jailing of three members of the russian punk band pussy riot who performed a protest stunt in russia's main cathedral has polarized opinion in russia and the broad. where do. you. get. the two year jail sentence handed down to the trio for hooliganism motivated by religious hate dread to crowds of people outside the cold reading both in support of against the band more than fifty were arrested from both sides of the fence for violating public order the band is also receives backing from outside of russia with a number of big streams done stage like this one in ukraine with feminist movement
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to change schools tools policy foreign governments also had these say with the u.s. counting on the authorities to review the case she's marina reports from new york. there's been both political and public reaction over the pussy riot verdict now around the globe and there has been several protests on friday in support of the three russian band members that were convicted of hooliganism paris brussels london and tell of eve are among the cities where demonstrators gathered to denounce the trial and the two year sentencing those that are in support of these three women and members of the pussy riot say that the decision that was made by moscow's court was emblematic of russia's intolerance of dissent on a more political front the u.s. embassy in russia has called the verdict unfair and this. there was also reaction
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coming from amnesty international which said that the decision was a bitter blow to freedom of expression in russia also political figures in europe have begun to weigh in on this developing story we heard from the high representative of the european union catherine ashton who has said she's. deeply disappointed by this verdict calling it disproportionate a similar sentiment has also been echoed by germany's foreign minister so clearly this story taking place in russia has ignited a wave of reaction around the globe the pussy riot trial has spawned a wave of hysteria on the part of the western media claiming the centre's to be a violation of freedom of speech but as get hard to make nod to professor of political fines the ad break university points out this hour is based on stereotypes and money of course you wrote them and it was according to
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my highly inappropriate behavior it was well i mean or if you want to protest your leadership even the part you can do is are also the church that should know who goes in a place which is sort of dear to russian version of this and that leaves possible to me because you're right it's an extremely good so the story you have these young women are considered pretty small children and they are now fighting the beast and mr putin wasn't very vocal about reputation among the west up and so that's a story you can so pretty well for many of the media it's it's simple to so because you're right secondly for many europeans and even more still for people in the west it would still know all stereotype of russian being the enemy i mean only in society but their interests aren't you so by by addressing the the the problem between religious and political leadership and these women you always refer
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to this tradition. in response to the criticism from abroad or over the pussy riot case russia's foreign ministry has highlighted the fact that legislation in some major european countries like austria and germany could see similar stands inside a church led to even bigger jail terms allowed them on prayer the pussy riot has performed in the christ the savior cathedral wasn't the first time the group s. tried to call controversy as part of the our group why and i'm one of the convicted women participated in an orgy in moscow's biology museum just four days before she gave birth and another standard the activists try to provoke a reaction from police officers by kissing them on the metro martin mccully a russian specialist at the university of london believes this simply motivated by publicist and not politics. did from the very very very it's all about produce a thing they want to make themselves famous if you like and therefore therefore
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decided to go into the main cathedral. the achieved their goal of being becoming really world famous by doing what they did. and when they are released they will in fact travel the world become famous they were achieved their goal they're really world famous now we've understandably been getting a mountain of feedback from around the globe while we've been covering the pussy riot case here in our team public opinion the story has been diverse to say the least here's some examples of the views we've received at r.t. dot com. this ridiculous case makes me think of the middle ages what would the punishment have been had this happened in saudi arabia i'm sure it would have been a call for death. for once i actually agree with russia take this joke of a band and look them up longer what they do is immoral and unacceptable god bless
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christianity disgusting and here i was thinking russia was getting more progressive this has put a big dent in my respect for russian british m p that went to russia to support the right why didn't she use her time to free young black youths in her prison for some silly crime if she's so concerned about justice system in russia. these are the images of the world from the streets of canada. that's not only russia that's been seeing protests against high profile cases in the u.s. at least six people were arrested as a hundred strong group of war veterans and activists occupy barack obama's campaign office in oakland over the bradley manning case.
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manning is currently being detained for allegedly leaking classified information to . pretrial hearings on kind he under way and if found guilty the private could face punishment although prosecutors say they would not seek the death penalty teaser reports from california with the latest protests took place. several arrests happened there in oakland there were actually several arrests in portland as well as a group of supporters conducted several protests up and down the west coast now in oakland where dozens of people showed up supporters a man there were trying to deliver a couple of demands to president obama first of all they want president obama to apologize to bradley manning remember last year president obama during a fundraiser said that. many had committed a crime now in the eyes of many of his supporters this really creates an
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environment where bradley manning won't be able to get a fair trial given the fact that the commander in chief has already pretty much rendered him guilty in this trial saying that he has committed no crime and second of all the supporters of bradley manning also want president obama to step in and to him to guarantee that many another u.s. soldiers are not punished before they go to trial now there's been a lot of world rights worldwide criticism over the treatment of bradley manning while incarceration by the u.s. government in fact the u.n. torture chief called his degrading definitely still a lot of anger over the way that manning is being treated so far and these protests are a new sign that bradley manning supporters are really stepping up their pressure on the obama administration but definitely this coincides with the asylum granted to julian assange now a lot of. supporters of bradley manning believe. that the work of weekly leads and
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even even though there is no proof so far that bradley manning was in fact the person who leaked these documents to wiki leaks they know that the principle of free speech and the fact that all these secrets were exposed about the iraq war about the afghanistan war i mean they definitely think that there is a coordinated attack about against both wiki leaks and in the prosecution of bradley manning that this is an assault on free speech and really an assault on peace. another well known whistleblower julian assange remains trapped in their car door an embassy in london although there seems to be some progress in the diplomatic impasse around in the situation in the u.k. have reportedly agreed to resume talks over the whistleblower's fate and breakthrough following a bitter rival of the bridges a thread to storm the embassy and take us on should by force foreign ministers from across south america and the u.s. have agreed to meet next friday to discuss the standoff the us was one of the three
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members to oppose the gathering arguing that diplomatic asylum isn't a matter of international law my son his legal team clearly disagreed with a week in week spokesman saying if a britain doesn't grant safe passage to the political refugee they will go to the international court of justice. let's look at the the british government will come to its senses and so yes it's country it's the only rights but if there are two is system this hard line position which is going to be reassured giving this to those those who is. the legal team of julian. but also goes forward as indicated that he will take the matter before the international court of justice. and force the government to give a shit if you say that this is the u.k.'s or easy to go to or really have called for a. strong reaction especially
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a lot of them very in countries. be on my list and the way the stuff of william hague will take such are extreme especially when the negotiations were ongoing according to their gurus in the period between two countries and this should include of people in missions all over the world and i'm pretty sure that. most of all feel. very secure in voluntarily areas you have to get over this really to the. and you will come to share your opinion on what's next for julian a son should have to say in our poll dedicated to the issue at r.t. dot com. britain may not be using the euro but that doesn't stop it feeling the shock waves from europe's debt crisis so much so that one city in the u.k.
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has done the unexpected by launching its own currency the bristol pound is said to be lunch in september and local businesses are already queuing up to join the scheme thousands have also been offered the chance to have this salaries paid in bristol this is another symptom of the ukase wider struggle to overcome tough times max kaiser and stacey herbage revealed later this hour and not. one thousand suicides linked to hard economic times in britain the only thing that contributes to g.d.p. in the u.k. in the us in the g twenty countries is suicide if you commit suicide fast like they do in india the farmers are committing thousands of suicide a month because of monsanto that's considered a growth story the emerging market it's a happening contrary there critics who saw it really fast there's the u.k. people are committing suicide and are legally british post like oh darling of their guilt myself.
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now russia says that the imposition of a no fly zone over syria would be illegal and would run contrary to previous u.n. agreements foreign minister sergei lavrov was reacting to recent comments coming from the us senior officials are hinting at the possibility of such a measure tease you got a piece going off reports. foreign minister says that the no fly zone over syria would be a violation of international law which moscow would never support especially with the experience from the no fly zone over libya when a un resolution aimed at protecting civilians was instead used to overthrow the libyan regime and so you of course says the u.n. doesn't do revolutions yes we've heard the statements from the u.s. military commanders i mean this is not the first time when there's been talk about establishing security zones or no fly zones if the zones involve the territory of the syrian state this will be in violation of the country's sovereignty and the u.n. charter. earlier washington said that it's looking at steps at creating
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a no fly zone over ports of syria and it could bypass the u.n. security council if needed and the russian foreign minister says that that is a very troubling signal especially knowing that the syrian rebels who are calling for miss for this help from the west also say that they're ready to join forces with al qaeda to go off also to the west for trying to bury the agreements reached in geneva when world powers were able to reach mutual understanding on syria saying that equal pressure has to be applied on all sides of the conflict and that they have to put their weapons down simultaneously and said you have it all said that that community has signed in geneva it gives a way for a peaceful end to this conflict but judging by the steps strongly being made by many western states it's not really peace they're interested in but simply regime change in syria the russian foreign minister also rejected the speculation that this opposition by moscow to the west when it comes to syria is creating political
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isolation however a major media war against russia is clearly under way which is aimed at harming its image and distorting its position on syria so you are also commented on how he's now often called mr know because of this opposition to the west on syria and he says as long as it means up holding the international law then while he's proud to be mr know. just because you don't spend a lot doesn't mean you'll get a lot less in the u.s. military is learning the hard way even with a multi-billion dollar high tech weapons american troops in afghanistan still falling victim to homemade bombs bill for a fraction of a price and she can report. the ads for military hardware in the u.s. look like hollywood blockbuster trailers whether it's for a tactical armed drone which can fit into a backpack. or for a special robot like clothing for soldiers they sense what the user wants to do
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where the user wants to go and then explode we like to call these men tom an assistant but many ask why with all the high tech gear the u.s. can't win against the man of simple means from some remote afghan villages a u.s. marine general estimated that eighty percent of his troops casualties in afghanistan were caused by homemade bombs components of which often cost no more than a few dollars. jake villa better served in afghanistan at the beginning of the war the camera and the armored humvees are cost millions of dollars and they're destroyed by something that costs the price of a pizza and we don't have any effective weapons to combat that animosity that rage against american presidents there's no such thing it's sort of like if the chinese moved into you know wyoming or you somehow that why oh why oh why it's going to be happy now not at all there's no way that they just will simply want them to leave
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the u.s. investment military gear more than the world's ten other biggest military spenders combined the pentagon resists cuts in their gigantic budget arguing that they need to fight terrorists in other places we continue to face very sleek serious security challenges in the world of today we are still at war in afghanistan we still confront terrorism even though there's been significant damage to the leadership of al qaeda the reality is we confront terrorism in somalia and yemen in north africa . the u.s. is extensively using drones to go after who they identify as terrorists. but will there ever be and now if weapons to kill terrorists in this look at anwar locky before he was assassinated by a drone did we stop al qaeda on the arabian peninsula we stop this march on yemen no we did not we actually in many ways made it worse by the fact that others
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besides a walkie were targeted and killed in that same campaign civilians we invest in the military hardware destruction which obviously is to perpetuate the cycle of killing kill five ten come back you've got to have more hardware to kill that ten. retired lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer says the pentagon's obsession with military resources hasn't changed since the time when their enemy was the soviet union it was all about the numbers it was all very accountable regarding hardware hardware purchases how much how many missiles can you have how many can you defeat if it's all very binary this or that this or that it was always it was a match force on force. and kurt today's war is not like that there's no force on force equation there's no way of measuring the number of tanks that will take care
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of the taliban because the taliban doesn't use tanks they don't need them and so this is where our current paradigm of the us paradigm on war is completely outdated all those fancy weapons certainly project power in putting real warfarin of down at them for example all that advanced gadgetry still hasn't delivered victory some argue it's because while spending tremendous amounts of money on military gear the us has failed to fully understand their anime and what motivates them to fight i'm going to strike down in washington are too. many people are reported to have been injured off and man a pen fly in a shia mosque in russia's republic of dagestan the incident comes on the final day of the muslim fasting month of ramadan denis polaski reports the suspicious item was found near the mosque in the course of you would warrant horseman to agents are working at the crime scene following saturday's shooting bomb squad officers were called to investigate whether it's in fact an explosive device according to police sources two masked gunman entered the mosque at the boat
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nine pm will screw time on saturday and fired handguns injuring several people eight believe areas were wounded the youngest of them just seventeen years old two people are still in grave condition we know that it was a shia mosque and has a view of one of the biggest on's larger cities with a population of over one hundred thousand there are dozens of ethnic and religious groups in this caucus republic but in this case we don't know for sure what the mood at the high of this shooting nevertheless local police sent reinforcements to other mosques clearing the criminals who are still at large may strike at a different location the shooting occurred during the muslim holiday that marks the end of ramadan a criminal investigation has been launched and police forces and they're just on a currently on high alert. now with the holy month of ramadan coming to an end to muslims around the world are heading to mosques to celebrate in palestine the often means of spending hours at security checkpoints with many believers denied
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permission to cross the border into jerusalem arches policy or reports. people here want to pray but soldiers stand in a way it's a painful game of control and every day it is played out at checkpoints throughout the palestinian west bank at this time of year during the holy month of ramadan it's at its most brutal why did they threaten us like dogs been here since half past five in the morning announced twelve thirty seven hours i'm here and they won't let me cross with a nod of the head or the wave of an arm and israeli soldier says you can pray and who cannot it is a distressing scene for those who wait palestinian worshippers desperate to get to jerusalem have been standing pushing and shoving here for hours many have already been through several checkpoints to does of course then in order to retain order order is very important. control over the palestinians is important because that's
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how you can. take control over their lives the alex a mosque is the third holiest place in islam on fridays the holy day hundreds of thousands of worshippers from across the west bank in east jerusalem make their way here human rights groups say the checkpoints have eased up this year but in the past is ready soldiers would ride on horseback into the crowds and use tear gas on fasting worshippers the hardest element we have found that people who are considered dangerous during the rest of the year are suddenly allowed to cross during ramadan because they're about four years old it means they still been a terrorist for a short while it's absolute and it shows there is no security problem but israel says its checkpoints are here for just that the army says it wants to avoid trouble by making sure men between the ages of twelve and forty don't pass unless they have special permission that sometimes takes weeks to organize the influx of hundreds of
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thousands of palestinians into jerusalem sends an unmistakable message to the israelis and that is. that you whistle is no easy matter. to grand mufti of jerusalem accuses israel of having and i'll tell you a motive when it comes to the aqsa compound. the. radical jewish groups say they want to demolish and take control of what they claim it is a part of israel and if not the mosque itself then the yards they want to show our mouths proving once again there is no democracy in israel. for those who make it through the israeli barriers it's a small victory the other store just told me pass this suspect that i'm going with gets me from behind and started to talk bad things about what i want you to do that you must quit and i started to shout let me go because i have that mission so i just said no we have to take you i said that was a subject me you don't have that. you're going to have to kick me again those who
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don't make it simply bowed their heads in the air and silent defiance they know another degrading struggle lies ahead next week. paulus the artillery. right taking a brief look at other news from around the world suspected al qaeda militants in yemen have killed at least one thousand soldiers in an attack targeting an intelligence office in the south of the country officials also say nine officers and three civilians were wounded the gunmen use rocket propelled grenades and automatic weapons when they forced their way into a building scorcher al qaeda remains highly active in southern yemen where separatists are seeking independence from the north. at least five militants have been killed in a u.s. drone attack in pakistan a small town near the afghan border was targeted as muslims held a festival marking the end of ramadan the number of attacks in pakistan by american
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unmanned aircraft has drastically increase this year as certain religions and regions are considered to harbor al qaeda and the taliban the strikes are criticized throughout the country for violating its of n.t. . i right that's all i had for you this hour in terms of the main news that we're going to take a break and we'll bring you the headlines and also that staging for the cause or report as mexico's states to continue to expose a fraud behind the financial headlines coming up here.
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