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it was. tens of thousands across the wall good night against wild bill launches to the most powerful agriculture giants which is pushing a small problem is to the brink with accusations its monopoly is protected by the us government. and also the solid two deadly suicide bombings a new apparently carried out by islamists in response to france's move actions in neighboring mali from fears of a domino effect violence spreading throughout for both french colonies and. also so side loss here the interior ministry in russia's darkest on injuries at least while the latest in the string of terror attacks and i hate they've gone to holland all school buses were public. on the person sees the spike in islamophobia incidents in the wake of the how or when the british soldier will
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bring you the death the debate on whether blaming immigrants and muslims is justified that. international news and current life for this is all she was me. and welcome to the program. tens of thousands of activists teaming up for a global day of action against tobias said john and monsanto they claim the corporation has established a seed monopoly from the u.s. to asia holding small farmers close to to their products and forcing those who don't use it out of business the world wide protest has already kicked off in australia and new zealand with more run is expected through the day seasons to see trick and now reports march against month santa was
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a global grassroots movement which is going to organize these worldwide protests taking place throughout the weekend all over the world we're talking about they're saying that this is going to span over six continents and up to fifty countries with four hundred global marches with as many as two hundred thousand participants in the united states alone all of these people planning to flood out onto the streets throughout the world to speak out against this biotech giant accused of producing genetic genetically engineered food and agriculture we don't really expecting to see plenty of. to this. throughout the weekend because many of the issues that are going to be addressed are certainly similar we're still talking about the ninety nine percent versus the one percent we're talking about corporations having great influence on politicians as well as wealth inequality that continues to remain in countries throughout the world in the united states but also when it comes to the situation with monsanto all of these issues continue to
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apply so while while all of the occupy wall street movement was certainly a more general outrage at the way the system runs this particular march and these events that are taking place throughout the weekend are directed at a specific corporation having a very controversial reputation they're known to harass farmers throughout the world to sue farmers for example in the united states and canada for tens of thousands of dollars you know affecting businesses and farmers in places like india really wiping. any legislation that ever comes up that would affect monsanto's business and just getting in the way of people speaking out against what they see as wrong so certainly whereas a march against monsanto is against a specific corporation that continues to do these things that hundreds of thousands of people don't necessarily agree with the occupy wall street movement is certainly expected to be part of this make to be who is a social media director for
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a march against monsanto claims in some parts of the world the corporate giants toxics even meeting follows to suicide if you look at what happened in india i mean there's an epidemic of suicides it was the farmers because. they promised to do a certain thing and then those seeds didn't perform how they were supposed to and it drove a lot of these indian farmers into sheer poverty and they ended up committing suicide by the hundreds and thousands want to give their side most some sort of effect farming communities everywhere i mean in the united states they're known for suing small farmers there's a lot of small farmers of that that are not of business because. genetic migration into into crops that speech tomorrow but they're getting cross-pollinate it and then monsanto comes in they use their government cronies to go in and shut down small farmers because. their genetics from their seeds that they did have have
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slowly crept into the into the genetics of non g.m.o. seeds well and made accusations the monsanto corporation enjoys protection homebuilt a recent report showed the u.s. government has been aggressively lobing for transfer moves across the world i'll see america correspondent maggie look has reports. for years now americans have been concerned about the food in their refrigerators and more importantly the ingredients in those foods the debate over genetically modified crops isn't only playing out in the fields it's being harvested in the courtrooms as well as within the walls of capitol hill and it turns out the u.s. government might have a bigger stake in the biotech industry than anyone could have imagined a report released by the food and water watch group shows that the u.s. state department played a major role in promoting g.m. foods and crops around the world the report examined diplomatic cables from two thousand and five to two thousand and nine provided the first comprehensive
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analysis of u.s. foreign policy when it comes to the biotech industry now here are the four stated goals that food and water watch discovered in these cables the first one is to promote biotech interests abroad they try to facilitate trade and encourage cultivation of g.m. crops second up lobby foreign governments to weaken biotech rules you can't after all profit off these countries if you can't get your products ince of them along with lobbying the need to protect biotech exports by stopping trade barriers like tariffs all this to promote and protect an estimated twenty five billion dollar industry and biotech crop exports and in particular one property monsanto which was the biggest biotech seed company in two thousand and eleven and finally reach out to new markets by pressuring the developing countries to adopt a biotech crops the main argument here is that these crops are stronger and can end
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food insecurity around the world with a growing global population the state department also lobbied against the labeling of these crops and genetically modified foods they don't want any type of labels on them countries from egypt to hungary argentina to mozambique were targeted in these efforts and many of them were very receptive some of them. actually change their regulations as a result now this lobbying started happening around the same time that monsanto admitted to bribing indonesian officials and in attempt to weaken environmental oversight of g.e. crops now in the wake of these cable releases it appears that monsanto and other biotech firms don't need to bribe country officials anymore they have the government to do that using taxpayer money nonetheless it is the latest chapter in a dispute over your dinner plate in washington meghan lopez r.t. . you can check out live updates on the global day of action on our website call and stay with us throughout the day for the latest on the protest against the sun
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to as a way of the biotech giant goes global. with the backing of the government sowing seeds. around the world breaking the sea change the march against the sun turned. on are today. french troops have raided an army base in northern new killing ministers who staged twin suicide blasts on thursday that left more than twenty people dead that tox simle taney asli a local military base under french only your brain a mine and islam is a group from mali claimed responsibility saying the bombings were in retaliation for both france and military involvement in mali and let's now take a look at how the violence has been spreading across french colonies in africa so this january france started its military intervention in mali to combat islamists who had taken control of the north of the country just days later al qaeda linked
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terrorists took over eight hundred people hostage at a gas plant. demanding and then to france's involvement their target dozens of hostages dead that the man behind it the north african al qaeda leader was believed to have been killed but has now claimed responsibility for thursday's bombings in. these latest attacks that also come in retaliation for involvement in mali that shows a disturbing trend of islamists not disappearing but simply relocating from one country to another sparking fears they could carry out further talks to make their point. and i explain. those behind the law that killed twenty people in niger and they have described it as an attack against braun's in revenge for its offensive against islamic militants in neighboring mali one of the two groups claiming responsibility for almost ten years explosions at an army base and
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a brain trauma uranium mine in nigeria is the movement and jihad in west africa last year the group seized control over the northern part of mali and rudely ruled here we have the money people being driven out of mali by french troops run for president and failed the operation. here in the capital the map over the french military we're hoping to also draft jim is confirming they destroyed all the major bases of the militants in mali north but this recent attack in. remains serious can it change that the militants are not defeated and the fight against them is far from over although the battlefield has relocated following the recent last waltz was that france would not interfere however the next day french troops could cause an operation to free officers that image and captured after the attack on a further to half of those. french intervention was very good chain reaction that
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will give paris more travel and will bring in more violent to the entire region. now team from mali. contributor option for towns it says it's wrong to sing the french actions in its former african companies will defeat extremists that especially given the natural riches some of those countries can offer. there's no doubt that the french intervention will lot of change anything but in particular. the idea that streams are al-qaeda linked groups and is going to go away french special forces. which we knew about because of course the yellowcake uranium. is where all the world's you're a new you know there's a big fight for whatever is happening in these areas there's a scramble for this uranium french company. how strange that
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its revenues are twenty eleven or about the g.d.p. of the entire country what fertile ground to have extremism of any code. this is from ahead for you top politicians keep praising the stars he asked the way out of europe's financial choices but as a report later this hour for millions of people in portugal any further sounds taken from back pockets could result in sliding into companies' profits for you. that's coming up later but now twelve people have been injured after a suicide blast ruled the building of the interior ministry in the controversial republic of dagestan is the latest in the string of the tunks in the republic this week on monday a twin kabul killed four and injured at least two people outside a call building medina question on our homes the explosion happened around men day very close to the regions in terror ministry building and according to the locals
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the blast was so powerful that it could be heard in different parts of the city it was a female suicide bomber crazy the area is blocked off by police as there are fears that this blast may actually be fulled by in other one to increase the number of casualties now this tactic is really well used by terrorists around the globe in particular by the al qaida terrorists. in various areas now this blast is just one in a string of latest terror attacks that hit this region just five days ago there was another deadly blast and we have four people were killed and forty others severely injured the region of dagestan remains one of the most volatile areas in russia's north caucasus with reports on terror attacks coming in almost in a regular basis. this is all seen her go back with more international news off a short break.
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what matters to you breaking news a little turn a tip angola's story. here. altie spanish find out more visit actuality. this is all see welcome back lisbon's likely to request a fed revision to its deficit targets agreed with the e.u. and i.m.f. creditors as part of its seventy eight billion year international bailout as the country's financial crisis continues to gain momentum but while budget cuts will have little effect on the rage thought about slicing by working class portuguese people is leaving them desperate for that here trip oxys piece on of our ports. europe's politicians insist that all star team is essential but what effect does
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that austerity have upon the everyday people to whom it's inflicted upon. i went to meet a family just outside of lisbon who are feeling the pressure of portugal's financial failings. we use to take certain things for granted hard water lights now have to watch everything we use families in financial straits like this one of becoming a common occurrence is the gap between the middle class and the breadline narrows in one of europe's purchased countries. my husband lost his job now will live on see the names and whatever work he can get as a day laborer those savings are running out with two daughters and now one grandson the effects of portugal's financial plight is being felt through generations of this family and it's leaving its mark i'm twenty years old people my age should be
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planning for the future but there's no work the way things are now i have no prospects no hope. this family a lucky there are many in portugal and a far worse situation as the country's debt grows and the unemployment levels rise charity organizations are seeing an increase in those needing help push or themes and where do we have children passing out of school because parents can't afford to feed them properly how can they learn if they're focused on hunger these aren't children from bad parents just parents that cond feed them and there's another worrying trend appearing bill send worry them all too often we see the same thing the family lose their income they're too proud to ask for help the bells start piling up the mortgage to food before you know it to the family on the street what future is that for the children the problem for portugal is that it has debts around one hundred eighty billion euro one hundred twenty percent of
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a new production couple that with twenty percent unemployment and it leads to a very difficult situation for its people the country needs money but it doesn't have the economic output to pay off its bills. however what's of more concern is that the country could see another generation grow up under the shadow of national debt. my son would i hope her readers that he can get a job somewhere abroad i can see anything for him here peter all of our team portugal. as europeans continue to struggle with poverty some still manage to cream the profits the next town and stacey have it exposed does they suspect of sucking up public well. to game of monopoly and as players go bankrupt the amount of money that you get free when you pass go is increasing so instead of just getting two
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hundred dollars and you're getting two hundred billion dollars if you're the city of london but all the while people are going bankrupt on the side because they can't afford the rent or the rent the rent seeking that's going on within monopoly you have a bad economy but not all lists and all adopt a list and kleptocracy is and you don't have any real underlying growth all those pieces on the board for social services social security health care those types of things are all going out of business except for one notable exception the prison. in the birth. of a british soldier in london allegedly motivated by radical islam has already sparked such attacks on muslims extra police were sent to muslim areas after dozens of islamophobia incidents were reported including vandalism of mosques and
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a number of muslims including children being abused in the streets and my colleague bill don't discuss the extent to which muslims and immigrants are being blamed with dunt at the top politics stop codell u.k. and coming from the right wing british national party. this acts of terrorism really conducted by the far right you very generously described the b.n.p. as a right wing party idea they're not right wing they're far right they're a fascist party and the acts of violence that they betray it against mosques against property the threats against muslims these are also acts of terrorism these are also acts of violence by non-state actors political means well i've got to learn from and i thought it was something to do with my how to help like i was going to have that i station here is done by right wing fellows and i have to come to the person with. the other person who's talking. completely fucked the i personally have an open dialogue with most in communities that
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recently i had the bait with muslim communities in books in but the city in london about these very issues. for employees. will be voters will tell you about the. issue of these racist you should learn about what are you know proud of on ok just listen to mr dunn now please but you know i wouldn't don't know we don't know we don't. have websites people from east. from people from from they. let me know any german members all its allies are meeting our website and some other lunatics who are so agree with your demented view of the world however that does not mean that you know what is there what is that they mentioned that it was he is already looking ahead if you just go just for that is that it don't you know just off the shore to the british people died there a poll by what's happened they want to stroll response from government they don't
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want a reaction that could be tempered by fears of political incorrectness what should be done there's got to be some strong reaction surely political correctness really has no connection to whether you have a viable response to a terrorist incident stopping terrorism is about having. joined up services by intelligence agencies by the police by mental health authorities by schools by the muslim community these are the kind of sensible out news that you take to prevent violence and what about the maintenance as well because and i've. had mission which ended it has something to do with an intrinsic nature of islam ok mr did mention the fact that you can't have the manpower to track all these people down but surely the has been a lack of surveillance of many people who say we need to step up that now so it was so cold snooping on people because clearly they were on the five radar but they got through it i mean is that do you think that people be as you just make something very clear. where we don't really know what is how does it let me say this i mean
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there's a lot of people talking without any access to the information required to make a coherent judgment we know yes there are one in my party let me put it was a free country and their agency it isn't all that my own intelligence list and not be tracked at all times i'm afraid that these things do sometimes happen terrible as they are mr particular they have over my five they hate all of my five talking in the council said referring to to love thousand and five the security services in the united kingdom of mambo are neither. every single. day suspect who'd be involved you know not that obviously. they gave obama a five talking no easy feat a few carry on. bathing out of countries killing muslims in a duck funny stuff. they would have. you don't you wouldn't have.
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enough security services to come to the unger of these people. more coverage on their work will machete mudane wallet is available online for you and also about rob lyrics on facebook partly not to get you locked top. story a one of your major issues facing twenty years in jail for facebook posts threatening the government and promising to kill people but some say the authorities are overreacting but why as i say don't call. on face me fluid it may only take a matter of hours and a three d. printer to create a deadly and undetectable weapon but tests show it's not quite ready to be fired safely visit our website altie dot com for more on these stories and much much more . tada world news in brief for you now rides by youths in stockholm and its suburbs have continued for six nights in a row the sale of money to bring down the level of trust but the violence has
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spread outside the swedish capital youngsters have been setting cars a blaze and damaging local homes and businesses the rioting began and mainly poor immigrant areas up to a sixty nine year old man was fatally shot by police in the north of the capital. also cars have broken out in bahrain between police and shi'ite muslims viewers of a raid on a home of a top cleric last week thousands more have supported mass protests and the politicians village the opposition believes the house group was ordered as part of an increased political pressure by the sunni led government. the gunfight lasting for hours in the sun tell they are going to capital has claim to lives avidly arms time but a group back box by a suicide bomber tried to make their way into an international compound in kabul police don't have time to those who were shooting back with the shotguns and machine guns and chair and grenade launchers it's another stress test for the are going to forces for their hundred complete security controlled by things to us in
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twenty four team. and we have to see is breaking the sad. paranoia and zero tolerance policies strike yet again the latest in a string of children being punished for making gun noises or playing with toy guns involves a son of a u.s. marine who had the audacity as a child to use his imagination and p. pretended his pencil was our gun bang children imitate what they see in every t.v. channel and in many video games kids are going to see a lot of guns in fact the boy at that moment was admirably pretending to be just like his father a us marine you know guns kind of come with
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a job description rather than complain you all again about the obvious idiocy of zero tolerance policies against children playing let me give one suggestion to actually help fix the problem there are so many teachers and school administrators across america that i bet many of you know one of them try talking them about the madness of zero tolerance a lot of people do things just because they were told to or they never thought about it before so please dear friends try to get teachers you know to actually think about it i could complain on t.v. all day long but one conversation from a friend or relative really could change many people's minds maybe but that's just my opinion. if you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how bad the us had luck. i mean.
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i know that i've seen the same thing really messed up. in the very sort of silly. it's. worse for the little things. like how superman a radio guy for a minute for a big profit. quote for a politician because you've never seen anything like this until. the guys blocking a break in the said i'm abby martin an environment where real investigative journalism is in serious decline it's important to recognize those who go to great lengths to uncover the uncomfortable truths and that's why jeremy scahill is of workers so crucial is the same journalist who blew open blackwater's criminal. and now he's delving into even more dangerous territory to expose the scope of u.s.
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covert wars with his new book an upcoming documentary film called dirty wars take a look. it's hard to say when the story began greetings from kabul afghanistan this was supposed to be the frontline in the war on terror with the name of the military but i knew i was missing the story there was another war in the shadows. and i agree. to see the two men in the guest house for the first people could. be. more there than in others and on the other you saw the u.s. forces take the bullets out of the body was very lonely were these men that stormed into those homes and why would they go to such a horrifying lie. to cover up the. sort of talk about the evolution of u.s. foreign policy in the mindset that the world is a battlefield i was joined earlier for an in-depth interview with investigative journalist and author of blackwater and dirty wars jeremy scahill. so some of the street if the us that were there called the.
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