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as long as it needs to last until people's daily needs are met you're up a singleton protests for us trish and albert disintegrating economies and binding cards turns into violent clashes with police. syria and iran topped the debate at this year's un general assembly with russia calling for peace and israel trying prospects for war. and are to provide one still in a song with a video link to the un makes his first speech to world leaders and attacks the persecution of wiki leaks holed up in me at the door and embassy and monitor.
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hello and welcome to our tease the weekly i'm karen tara broadcasting to you from our studio in moscow where protests against biting spending cuts continue throughout europe as people than their anger over bailout sponsored austerity mass demonstrations in madrid turned to violence earlier this week as least were forced to fire rockets bullets to calm the feeling of the conflict there have been dozens of injuries and arrests are tens jacob graves has been following developments its own toll in the briefly explain the proving the border the banfield there are two protests in the euro zone the first time our food their frustrations and anger only seems to be holding forth unless you want to challenge the record goodbye is the queen of politician i think i'm a particular size. i know that many people feel they're already being fed
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a diet of police what. promises bruised protesters and battered buildings are becoming the euro zone's currency from athens to madrid capitals this week have been braced for an onslaught of the angry and indignant. boss to get out all the belligerence on the rez here are surging marchers job benefit us they just benefit very few people. on the european union on the banks these are cheats of betrayal the first force that increase. more and that is the agreements between greece and it's not just in this state without any going through. the smoke and the other european leaders just to implement all of the former agreements last athens saw fire bombs
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and mass spaniards claim they were victims of police brutality chasing down protesters they fired rubber bullets into crowds the injury count from just one night topping sixty this will last as long as austerity law says as neoliberal austerity lasts and as long as. it's going to last as long as it needs to last until people's daily needs are met the m.t.s. territories rank and file have most recently been posted by portuguese protesters a nation known for its tolerance of bailout sponsored cutbacks reforms that put the onus of social security payments on workers appear a step too far but this week's hot spot remains madrid with three demonstrations of real resistance to the government's public sector cutbacks he the surround congress movement has called for the dissolution of parliament but the heavy. claims may do
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the group more harm than good because lonely in separatism with the potential for spain to lose twenty percent of its current output locally because the government get more sleepless nights the prime minister of oil new budget shows no concessions to anti us there are protesters with forty billion euros of fresh cuts economists in activists alike have labeled the move as pandering to e.u. euro zone and i.m.f. demands very few to the fire as people populate the central madrid sense day to hurl accusations at police and the politicians they shield. greece see madrid find out more about the disturbances and that's shaking up the euro by logging onto our web site r.t. dot com here's what else we have on line for you. galaxy quest india is pumping more money into its space program larger satellites time planning ambitious projects on far away plans. plus the cities that made their
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page and one announces the final list of venues for the true thousand and eighteen football world cup in russia read all about the big spending on big stadiums at party dot com. in syria a new wave of findings being reported in the second city of aleppo which is said to be seeing unprecedented clashes government forces claim they're beating back the rebel onslaught but the insurgents are talking only of a successful offensive casualties are mounting in the battle that began in july with neither side being able to seize the initiative so far dozens have also reportedly been killed in firefights in the suburbs of damascus this week and meanwhile washington's pledged more multimillion dollar support to the rebels russia has warned that such moves are only serving to sink syria deeper into turmoil political analyst jacob hornberger says washington considers the assad
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regime expendable. well it's a standard policy of the u.s. government it is it is designed to oust rulers of regimes that are independent of what might be called the us military empire and replace them with pro-u.s. rulers so we have the dichotomy of supporting dictators in country their loyal to the us government and trying to oust dictators that are not loyal to the us government the u.s. is committed to the ouster of the assad regime and whenever you hear the united nations it just designed for the american taxpayer the american voter create the appearance that the u.s. is interested in spreading democracy and freedom when in fact it has a long history of supporting dictatorial regimes in saudi arabia even iran under the shah of iran syria itself don't forget that the cia used the assad regime to torture some of its rendition torture victims and so the the whatever goes on in
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the un is really ridiculous and senseless they issue of syria has been raised at the annual un general assembly this week as russia called on those who support the rebels to stop sidestepping international law they long running question at all whether iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons was also up for heated debate with israel trying to draw up quite literally a case for intervention in a porno reports from new york. as world leaders gathered for the annual un general assembly international anger over and islamophobia american film was still blazing in the muslim world addressing the world body u.s. president barack obama condemned the video nonetheless defending the right to free speech as president of our country and commander in chief of our military i accept that people are going to call me awful things every day. and i will always defend
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their right to do so obama also pledged his support for arab spring nations like egypt and libya however when egypt's new president spoke at the un for the first time mohamed morsi said free speech will not be accepted as a free pass to insult islam is holy prophet. the obscenities recently released as part of an organized campaign against islamic sentences is unacceptable and requires a firm stand egypt respects freedom of expression one that is not directed towards one specific religion or culture but the opening of the un general assembly is usually criticized as political theater with a lot of talk this year however there was no talking with us president barack obama the leader of the country hosting the un left immediately after his speech on day one and held no bilateral meetings on day two the eighth and final speech of the always controversial iranian leader saw accusations of corrupt western politics and
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a subtle tipping of the hat to the occupy wall street movement are we to believe that those who spend hundreds of millions of dollars in election campaigns have the interests of the people of the world at their heart in the united states and in europe their voices are not heard even if they constitute ninety nine percent of their societies meanwhile israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu called for a military also made up on iran over its nuclear program using some surprising methods to illustrate his point this is a bomb this is a fuse a red line should be drawn right here. before we iran completes the second stage of nuclear enrichment. necessary to make a bomb israel stole the show in more ways than one green we will be. what's more the y. e. coyote a nuclear bomb. you're really going to hurt standard are you going to pretend
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to the you don't know what a nuclear bomb hoax like. to hear israel. run downstairs and look in the basement on another us show russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov recalled another time props were used at the u.n. to garner support for military intervention. when my good friend colin powell colin powell was shaking this violence so white ball there in the security council. the nearly can see what they're doing us unless we also writes the use of force against iraq we would do on their own thought the fuse three. and the turned out to be that there was no anthrax and that while today russia and the u.s. remain divided over how to end the civil war in syria moscow says some countries supporting the opposition are turning a blind eye to terrorist attacks committed by the rebels. they pushed syria even
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deeper into the of base of bloody internet scene strife the militarization of the conflict is continuing with calls of an open intervention russia says confidence in the un has also been compromised by unilateral actions taken against countries like cuba iran and now syria there are consequences to unilateral sanctions imposed by state or group of states sidestepping the un to advance their political goals we have no doubt that such sanctions especially when they are applied ex territorially weaken the unity of the international community and undermine the effectiveness of its efforts the un was originally founded as an arena for all parties to respectfully discuss issues and diplomatically collaborate on solutions as the sixty seventh year of the general assembly begins many are left wondering why at least one country has cemented a pattern of acting alone. r.t.
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new york time now for some of the stories making today's world this hour a series of bomb attacks targeting shia communities has killed at least twenty six people in iraq some sixty eight more were injured in explosions in several cities from the country's self to the mainly shiite north it deadliest class war in eight people died in back to back car bombings no ones yet at the turns. there's been a grenade attack on a church full of children attending sunday school in nairobi two children have been killed and several others are injured and police suspect sympathizers of a somalian islamic school. the assault kenya has deployed troops to take on the al qaeda linked group in southern somalia where it's impose strict sharia law. libyan authorities have encouraged people to hand in their weapons in a bid to boost security amnesty areas have already been set up in the country's
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capital and the second largest city and this comes after a wave of rallies across the country saw people demand the introduction of a national police force and army libya remains on stable after last year's revolt of the government and able to contain powerful militias. and member of nato staff in a civilian contractor have been killed in eastern afghanistan at an apparent green on blue attack it's the latest such salt in that country which taliban militants claim as part of their anti nato tactics two thousand u.s. military personnel have now died can't stand the complete withdrawal of nato troops is due by the end of two thousand and fourteen. while the gloves are off in georgia head of monday's parliamentary election in a few minutes we report on the opposition that's setting out to mount a tough challenge to the country's ruling party after holding a hundred thousand strong march. also the remote rocks now being
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fought over by three countries including asia's biggest power players we have more on this week's developments in the south china sea after a short break. docked in between the russian mainland japan and the sun coming island is the early of minute on maimed all through a friend hugh farrow who discovered it it is described as the right of the circle in region we'll take a look at what's in store for oss here. until two thousand and four the island was part of the borders own and was completely restricted to visit is now this picture esque place is open to tourists unique plants and animals are its top attraction.
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treaty has been exploring the deaths of the world seas for several decades but it's here at morn your own island where he has finally found what he'd been looking for . the water here is very clear the visibility is very good and the underwater world here is extremely rich i've been to many diving locations across the planet including the island of bali but mine are on top of my list while some go to the cycling region to enjoy the sights others convert the islands nature's riches into a healthy dollar it is home to the biggest seafood processing factory in russia the tonight shock hundreds of thousands of tons of fish get caught in the nets too late to produce delicious salamon caviar almost and necessary attribute of any feast in russia the owner of the enterprise says a good fishing season can bring in more than a hundred million dollars net profit. and to a large extent this is old to do what succulent offers environmentally the tonight
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show operates in only and natural habitat and mild climate unique natural sights and delicious seafood succulent can offer a diverse holiday for those who are not afraid to travel ten thousand kilometers from europe the question is whether this distant land would ever be able to become a major tourist destination. welcome back to the weekly live from moscow. well julius all child's mother should address world leaders in new york despite still being holed up in ecuador's embassy in london it's been sheltering the wiki leaks editor for months during which britain keeps stressing the latin american nation must hand over
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a song to swedish authorities here's our our first. lady having being. in the way that. we. find stuff like that viewing. you if you really stray from. it intro into are weird . a national regime of secrecy and they're still raising. the regime where you need government employees reviewing sensitive information to a media organization can be sentenced to death life in prison or it's been hours now he spoke not only about his age but the bit about the wider implications that this could have if the us to continue along this schools in the song the founder of wiki leaks wanted in sweden for questioning a sexual assault allegations that some of the soldiers critics say that his and his
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legal team claiming asylum from it will be tempting in some way to evade justice now julian assange to think that he would be very a bit about the fact that they want the questioning to go ahead they're ready to take such that they do say they want to hear whether they believe. now recently the like documents that came from the u.s. that will reveal the fact that julian assange and wiki leaks have been named. and it is even there any sense who does the wiki leaks the people who want wiki leaks could end up committing as. well that. wiki leak that would look like slightly more down to. the coffee cup just got done and the iraq war looks like a detail. that the u.s. government said well palace would rather you didn't know about later on r t a wiki
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leaks spokesman tells us more about freedom of speech and the future of whistleblowers. because the case will be seen again in documents that have sort of those that show that communicating with we can loose and providing we can use with information in considered is considered communicating with the enemy which is aiding the enemy i.e. we can use is the enemy. and what is we can use it's a platform for whistle blower to get information out to the public we are doing what any media organization should be doing we are doing journalism and the implication is that journalism getting the truth out there is considered. an act of an enemy that is the orb used to be what is the into the intention of the obama administration it is who would deter people from not just cooperating with we can loose but the mainstream media as will so this is
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a very serious question for the mainstream media which has to wake up and smell like you know the coffee this is getting very serious in that in this situation. georgia same some of it's being us opposition rallies to date with over one hundred thousand people tarting out for pre-election generals and the capitol and the country's second largest city on saturday georgians will choose their next parliament tomorrow the anti-government mood has been fueled by the recent isn't torture scandal which sparked mass protests national condemnation georgian authorities are also accused of high level corruption and cracking down on activists who speak out against government alpa zation blames tbilisi of using dirty tricks to retain its image and as you quote the spine of reports there are claims that sell more at the expense of georgia's northern neighbor. the
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recent alleged police appreciate your george's bellew with the russians we probably go big. eleven suspected terrorist dead the b.b.c. says that the armed men were chechens who crossed into georgian territory and kidnapped around ten locals before being caught by police the news spreads quickly but not everyone's wearing it. this was all organized by georgian security services the lack of transparency and details about the incident has led many to believe the whole so-called terror operation was a complete hoax georgia now forty seven very successful in creating an image of a modern wife in a civil way seek a beacon of freedom for w. bush once called that but in this case the opposition is accusations are fighting supporters on the other side of the caucasus needs his or the old arm of he spent two decades fighting on the side of church and militants against moscow and fishel
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be representing them in georgia he also has doubts about what really happened at this leader's border operation. first of all their weapons were american made second none of them fired off a single shot that's not to the uniforms of the so-called fighters were brand new that was saakashvili plan he sent his guys across the border into russia and then had been shot by the georgian police this was a setup just to frame russia no one will ever be able to prove anything of course. he cleans to be easy for division with terrorists began in the ninety's when he personally helped chechen separatists by delivering weapons and aid from georgian. surely the pankisi gorge in georgia is really close to chechnya it takes just ten minutes to fly across the border by helicopter so we helped our warriors from georgian territory from the gorge we delivered weapons money to the injured and then send them all around the world for treatment and all with the help of georgian
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security services and. we got the weapons from the depositories of the georgian anti terror center our guys came there with cash were able to choose whichever weapons they wanted and bought them. album of says the interest in jewish and milton's didn't diminish even after president saakashvili came to power a man often bridge street as an envoy of democracy. everything is still controlled by the antiterrorist center or the mujahideen in the jim marks are in its hands they are their people any chechen who lives in georgia and wants to study in an islamic country have to go through the anti terror center they tell you to believe you go to this center meet with some official and they won't let you go into you say yes to you agree to work for them are them of graeme's that his knowledge almost cost him his life following an assassination attempt he was allowed to return to church with
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a green light from russian authorities after he asked for forgiveness and now he plans to reveal everything he knows you want to skim off our d. grossly the church and republic is tran relations between china and japan grew this week a dispute flaring up over a chain of islands in the east china sea which both countries claim as their own a number of protests were held in both countries over the route throughout the week taiwan also claims that islands which lie around two hundred kilometers from its coast and are believed to contain the top gas south korea's president warned that asia security is becoming increasingly unstable deal to the territorial dispute investigative journalist james harbor some world powers are interested in stoking up the can't let. a stance of believe this is about the potential oil and gas reserves that have been estimated to be in that area but i think we have to understand this entire does not interest of the islands themselves this is being
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played up as a as a nationalist sentiment nationalist fervor it has the potential to get bigger it will see if it does broaden out into the region we see the u.s. starting its leadership is effective it so i think it actually has an interest in increasing tensions between japan and china because that makes a japan or. evermore eager to accepted the american military presence which up until now there's been quite strong protest against but now we see them renewing military and joint military exercises in guam etc so so it is increasing the japanese reliance on the american security blanket says that as it were and i think that that plays into american interest stay with our take coming up we focus on the rise of extremism.
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rich is slow often enough and knows that to ride a horse you've got to catch it first. for him it's a daily routine that you're soft as a foursome breeder on the island of a horn at the heart of. his life on an isolated farm is about blue sky green grass and his horses were there sometimes it gets lonely here but the horses have become part of me now i've fallen off so many times sometimes they bites as well it's part of my every day life. i home suburban home to ignore the rats locally just laugh for centuries most still live off the land cattle and fish. if my call is often called the pearl of siberia
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a horn is said to be the pearl of by call it's all end of think forests. and vast staps. virtually undiscovered by tourists until some twenty years ago i was cornish quickly becoming a magnet for nature lovers and if you will seekers you're quite some way from civilization here accommodation on the island is very basic so you can forget about a t.v. or even run in water for most people a tent is there on the eruption but for those who come here it's exactly what they're looking for. journey to buy coal can be a trip of a lifetime and the locals say once you've seen it they'll be coming back again and again.
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and early september morning in the small town of the center from. the greats were on time. local branch of the radical right is meeting for an early morning raid. the militants some members of the ultra nationalists are lucky don't you dare and have their own sense of humor nothing funnier it seems than to put on arabic roads before heading off. to. look or feel good show shiva id. nationalists meet up with bad you're the leader of a blog. i'll tell you when to raise the order across. germany and luigi you take care of sticking up the those posters. like i talk of a final check before starting. make
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a song comes out what it will say anything. to do now and stay behind because right . followed cause you know no one like behind no talking. it's unlikely but if someone does open the shutters you apologize very politely and don't insist ok let's go. good all right let's follow that car that slowly slowly don't drive too fast. the aim of their mission is to oppose the building of a new mosque in this town of forty thousand inhabitants. the pamphlets a typical. tactics. despite the nationalist claims there are no plans to be broadcast outside the mosque.
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