tv Headline News RT January 3, 2014 1:00pm-1:30pm EST
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just to. look to. see. our teams are witnessing dead bodies on the streets every day as the central african republic stands on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe of the speaks to a member of doctors without borders who witnessed the round of violence the rampage rather the violence despite a french military mission there. also lining doctors struggle to save a three month old baby girl she was injured in one of those deadly blasts that it the russian city of volgograd before the new year we bring you the latest on her life and death battle unfolding in a moscow hospital. and government troops al qaeda battle for control of the two cities in central iraq as a u.n. report confirms twenty thirteen is the deadliest year for the country since two thousand and eight.
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new center ten pm here in moscow very good to have you company it's kevin with you this hour our top story skyrocketing violence in the central african republic forced international medical group doctors without borders to almost halted saidin the country's largest refugee camp fighting in the republic spin on the rise since the start of the year with doctors themselves know under threat the un's also raising the alarm of a humanitarian catastrophe to as more than half a million people facing starvation there or disease is becoming rampant in the crowded camps and even the france's deployed military contingent so far the felde to bring peace to the countries artie's referred to reports. less than a year after french moods marched into mali france again is fighting in another of its former colonies in africa. let's address short of the situation in the
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central african republic as alarming if not frightening that your paris received a green light from the un security council to use military force to restore order after deadly ethnic runnels in the country escalating. i have decided to act immediately or more precisely this very evening this was eight hundred francs soldiers were sent to the violence torn country to join the six hundred already deployed there and the force that france has no the most of them to save human lives and months later and lives are still being lost on all sides prices sixteen hundred strong force appeared and made bold to put a hand to ethnic tensions dating back to the central african republic independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty four through france of former monopoly is responsible for helping to create in africa a number of totally artificial states like ca are and now they jump in with this
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operation which is stupid militarily economically and politically dangerous scandalous from a human perspective and lead to zero results that zero results if we are talking bringing stability to the country but alan christine president of france is new and to capitalist party believes there is more to paris his decision to intervene that i was your fourth fifth france used to create a list of human rights and in fact it was aimed at protecting its economic interests the scenario is rich in resources but it mostly has value due to its strategic location in the center of a vast and rich area so it's eventually all about dominating and controlling the entire region. but i. others see the african countries central location on the continent as the key to fulfill the stated goals of the french military mission of securing the entire region because. france and other european countries are
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threatened by islamic radical and terrorist groups that are now decentralized and developed in the belt from the mercian teenie a coast to somalia. and french troops deter these dangerous forces and also prevent pirates and drug traffickers from uniting. which would both critics and advocates of the french military operation in the central african republic it clearly agree on is that no matter what the intentions are behind france's authorities decision to get involved it's the french people footing the bill that holds. the operation only became needed as there was a failure of diplomacy and politics in this city are a failure of the un the african union economic community of central african states and the you know who pays for this pricey campaign all french taxpayers. surveys show less than half of the french population support their country's latest major expedition to africa pushed forward by france's least popular president in
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polling history that more than a thousand french soldiers are now in the central african republic here in paris the intervention into the country's former colony still gets a mixed reaction no one's really sure if it's an act of goodwill or a calculated move to benefit fronts. whereas russia not seen reporting from paris. is protocol unclear the emergency manager doctors without borders is what she had to say about the situation on the ground. we see more than six hundred thousand people displaced off alone two hundred thousand in the capital and defiance is continuing our teams are witnessing dead bodies on the streets every day yesterday in the camp close to the airport where more than one hundred thousand people are at this moment looking for safety. the shooting in the camp and the shooting is so bad that even our clinic cannot continue in its normal ways we can no longer treat
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moments we have still gone or two doctors in the camp just to take care of the heavily injured people but it's almost impossible for doctors without borders to continue its work at this moment. the hospitals in bangor but also in the rest of the central african republic are feted by armed men people discriminates in the hospital who came there to a deck patients inside the hospital so yes we see a big problem inside the hospitals was finance our biggest concern is the situation inside the hospitals but also his people being able to access medical care because they're too scared to go to help post and are too scared to go to hospitals outside of our estimation is that more than six hundred thousand people are living in the bush years now i've met them i faced them in the bushes and people are more nurse they have. access to health care you can just see that people are living in extremely poor conditions they're literally living in the bush and they have close
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which are more or less wrecks and some people live already since april last year in the bush. for means to door and languages and civilizations told us peace and stability was never the actual goal though of the french intervention in the country. first of all the central africa was. under french influence since the state became independent in smoke the first time french army and since center left legal second point is because former central african president was kicked out from power works just at the moment when he signed agreement with chinese. oil companies i've done dime friends they didn't react and it is very important to serve god chinese economy is growing economy and it's. much more active in africa.
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all western economies and i think that's one of the basic reasons of cold because you know we can now it's to compete issues between western powers and tell you a follow up story been following closely the last few days the ongoing fight for life of a three month old baby girl injured in the recent terror attacks in the russian city of volgograd well the latest is doctors say a condition remains critical but at least it is stable in our correspondent barbara how is the latest for you the guy is just three months old but she's found that life can be hard and unjust she was badly injured and a terrible terror attack she is now in an induced coma in intensive care clinging onto life what it could you is a baby girl remains in a coma we put her on a ventilator in intensive care also she sustained some light yet serious brain damage condition is very serious but we've got it under control. on that dreadful
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morning of december thirtieth caught a fever and was on route to a hospital with her mother and grandmother when a powerful explosion rocked their trolley bus the three happened to be in the very epicenter the women died the infant survived it was blind luck the thick blanket she was wrapped in saved her from life threatening burns she was pulled from the wreckage in a critical condition only two days ago doctors allowed her to be airlifted to moscow's children's hospital so it's here in this hospital where baby bekah is receiving treatment for those endurance to her skull and her lungs she received in that blast. the family and friends little vega has left are torn between hope for her miraculous recovery and grief for their dad. did work you very grateful to everyone who took part in the rescue of my girl to volgograd hospital doctors they performed the miracle return my daughter from the dead thanks to all
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who how transfer my daughter to moscow i hope her life is safe now what kind of human being could see a newborn child on the bus and still carry out such an atrocity but now it's time to think of rehabilitation of so that she can leave a full life but there is a dynasty of doctors in our family and i hope she will grow up and become a doctor too i knew her mother since she was a child she was a very talented creative girl it's very sad when people die in such sudden violent acts like this she had big plans like any young mother i believe that her baby will grow up will leave we will be helping her because mother and grandmother on a stasia and talk to yana are just two of the thirty four people who fell victim to two terror attacks on the railway station and trolley bus more than sixty injured are still in hospital the city remains in mourning in moscow margaret hello arty.
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love those attacks some politicians now are calling to bring back the death penalty for terrorism even though their opponents say the current law is enough. for the contest of debate going on at the moment few on the keep up to speed with it is well it's an r.t. dot com. the major cities to the west of baghdad are a goal for intense fighting tonight iraqi government forces supported by tribesmen to try to regain control of the areas after they fell while qaeda fighters according to latest reports indeed the iraqi army is eliminated the rebel commander now in the city of ramadi the conflict there escalated earlier this week when troops cleared an anti regime protest camp which the government said would turn into a haven for insurgents since the army withdrew al qaeda regain control again of the area fighting on friday is claimed up to one hundred lives third of them civilian it comes after a un report confirms that last year was the bloodiest for iraq since two thousand and eight the fans consulted in conflicts and lismore and roof believes the roots
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of the crisis lead well outside iraq. were security is nonexistent in iraq the situation in nato created a division among the sectarian communities and what's taken place is they gave power to the shia and no power to the sunni so the sunni are fighting for a place in the society and in government the saudis are also sponsoring. this reload terrorists to create chaos in the country simply to eliminate the shia influence over or over over all it would continue unless the world recognizes that the saudi arabian one harvest ideology of financing this leads to stop the looting stopped and told in no uncertain terms that they looted the. terrorists and unless this happens i'm afraid we'll see more of this. don't
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forget to every time you head to our web site to check it out see special project on iraq's terra flight we launched a little while back and lead you through the course of twenty thirty with plenty of details analysis about the carnage this gripping the country still. so the coming out international the next few minutes the first to run it seems the brighter the lights. or you get yourself in your so doing good. customers of this clever u.k. health club help the environment well getting into shape and talking to getting into shape food fun and festivity we'll look at what the russian olympic city of sochi is going to offer those flocking there in february just a couple of stories ahead what after the break. we're going to get. you know a large scale wholesale spying meanwhile things like critic called fraud real
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crimes are going on and the government so devoted almost no resources to actually come about in those things you know it to me this is an obvious. thing you say if you want to spend money making the internet a safer place you don't spend money spying on everybody you spend money seeking out criminals and prosecuting so. much if your advice is centered around the negative aspects of american culture example mindful eating social eating of voiding of snacks how much of an influence do you think this american culture has on the rest of the incredible. two things. in the world the. food. all the countries worldwide.
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approximately sixteen percent of the imports came from illegal fishing. the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. give on the enter our territorial waters they fish they load the fish on to the ships and leave for europe. to day illegal fishing is taking the bread out of our mouths. they twenty forty winter olympics just around the corner of course and the host city of sochi in southern russia is preparing to accommodate thousands of sports fans from all over the world so what's the do for all those crowds aside from
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watching the games we've got some tips. you bought your tickets flown thousands of kilometers below hundreds of the globe and now you're in sochi for the twenty fourteen winter games so when you know watching the skiing hockey or skating what else is they to do well the purpose of a winter games in sochi is a tropical coastline on the blackfeet beaches and parks along fine monuments and museums allow you to take in a bit of history and experience the lifestyle of the beach front is lined with local shops so grab a souvenir while enjoying the views of the black sea and did not get your party shoes on because when they mean lights are lit the buzz in clubs come along. that also hold a ski resort is lined with the european hotels restaurants and shops and at least one luxury hotel offers spiced come a day should just the stuff from the slopes guests enjoy stunning mountain views
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designer rooms and an on site spine health club i went to see the best what money can buy what they need to look for i think is the person and it's what they want if you look for skiers you want to have a cozy hotel where you feel warm and relaxed in the evening that's what we can offer you here we have state of the art slopes we have state of the art equipment connection infrastructure so i think for for us it's just the perfect spot to the. next stop cuisine with a twist a french restaurant with a pinch of russian offering well and frog legs alongside more local dishes like boss you know here he's good to go you know we have one scene we have to see the kids these days is good and for the right people i decide to leave here you know. and as they say in front of the bar but here in russia we say option. finally some relegation and a spot treatment is
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a temptation for any skier visiting the black sea resort to. anya it's just the place. haven't been in russia for a while i've never really been to a russian or what is also known as a russian sauna but now i'm in sochi and the world we congregated here during the winter games and i thought why not give it a try something traditional and russian so let's see if the british banja is using the right choice. sometimes equated to a turkish bath the buying experience is usually considered an indispensable pitstop on the journey to discover russian culture when you first arrive there's a sense of serenity in the air incense burning meditation music in the background and a cup of herbal tea to calm the body down the felt heads were wearing a by your hands typically want to protect the head from this intense heat of the sun. the misuse of friendly experienced and she has some health tips about what the
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russian binah does for the body the experience amazing i also had one more treatment to test out the hedgehog fuck this will become one of those places that all of the spectators athletes might want to visit never thought i'd find myself in a big giant pot but this part will be a mounting one come for every to run with a in tsotsi are two. more reports over the coming to international. sochi of the twenty fourteen olympics what's the stories like the why is this so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world how are the games shaping the city's present and future. so it will bring you this is the moment everybody from
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a very cold snowy windy mountain is tough beyond the olympics what to see. on our team. world news in brief tonight a fresh round of protests staged her supporters of the muslim brotherhood across egypt resulted in clashes with police six people have been killed so far almost daily demonstrations were boosted by the decision of the country's interim government to brand the brotherhood a terrorist organization movement also called for more rallies ahead of next wednesday's resumption of the trial of ousted president morsi on charges of inciting violence. people being killed and several injured after police opened fire on garment workers blocking a road south of cambodia's capital the demonstrators are calling for a doubling of the minimum wage of two hundred sixty dollars a month but the government is only off of the one hundred the ground is trees a key source of income for cambodia it employs at least half a million workers. rebels in south sudan reportedly shooting civilians in the
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occupied territories on a march now on the country's capital juba that's despite peace talks that started today in ethiopia maybe to halt the spiraling violence the united states's meanwhile announced a reduction of the diplomatic mission because of a lack of security the clashes between government and rebel forces have so far left over a thousand people dead. but whether to report heavy with the storms caused transport collapse in northeast america is no blame for nine deaths the sixty centimeters of snow fell overnight in some areas john f. kennedy airport in new york remains closed hundreds of flights have been canceled nationwide schools in new york and new jersey have told students to stay home after a state of emergency was declared. britain doesn't escape more severe weather in the u.k. this time it's forced hundreds of people to be evacuated from their homes especially the south wales area extremely high tides heavy rain and strong winds of cause flooding in seaside towns and low lying areas the environment agency tonights issued flood warnings for other areas to police and soldiers of the ridge thousands
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of sandbags to protect the city to the vulnerable. now to some real people power to report again in the u.k. the customers the brand new health club in the city of bristol there literally generate a lot of energy world training and it's not only burning calories but also illuminating the whole gym polyploid look to the benefits of this new kind of technology. the motto here is if in doubt count on the customers sweating in this personal gym not just burning calories that generating electricity at the same time thanks to nifty new equipment the technology used to it has turned these machines into mini power station the say by using this like i'm generating electricity that goes back into the grid and helps to keep the lights on that helps to keep the televisions working and that even helps to keep the music playing. the idea is so simple it's
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hard to believe that just one equipment manufacturer has embraced it in this gym is pioneering it and if you press that button here it gives you no understanding of. the energies produced. i may have been vicious missions you've avoided the energy of producing as well so you can see when you're working night what you're actually powering here i am trying to power a juice maker in light of my fitness levels i'm only managing the fan but by using up less traditional energy this place is helping to save the environment under the guise of the gyms broom cupboard is the no of center of the energy saving system this is the out the switchboard this is where all the. stored energy from the machines anything that is not used will go back into the switchboard and be distributed into the other machines in the cloud so this is the nerve center yeah this is it this is the of the hub and this is what is my baby this bit that jason
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the gym manages on usually tend to feelings for the fuse box could be to do with how much money it saving him or let us just the bill. for an example is about eight thousand kind of money with the new equipment that's come in we've seen that reduced by by fifteen hundred nineteen month already say for us thus quite significant savings that four gentlemen over there is helping me to save any. in coffs energy prices in the u.k. have been rising so fast it's prompted a national debate on how to keep gas and electricity supply is in check but thanks to the power of the people jason's got its source head have you had customers using the weights and you said why don't you try this treadmill of total much stuff to make sure they bring all the people with. the weights where you go but it would it despite being used as human generators the customers are a happy bunch only running out of energy only i mean a few years time god knows most going to happen if you don't save energy that's the
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point to make. quite good initiative really be this for you giving yourself if. you're also doing good work which is good and you put in something back you looks like burning off the fat without burning fossil fuels has given a whole new meaning to exercising power playboy k. r.t. . as always sometimes the simplest ideas the best ones are the arty dog stories they're like these reinforcement from the defenders of women's rights in saudi arabia we're talking about that at length we've got the story of the first female law firm that women can fall back on if they feel threatened or oppressed in the male dominated kingdom also as well interesting story this one to writing the soundwave japanese side says have you succeeded in levitating object is the pictures proud prove it using just acoustic vibrations using sound i don't want to learn more about the unique process and maybe it's up to locations to.
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recently the federal reserve system celebrated its one hundredth birthday you know that big con game that just a few years ago no one seemed to know about has been in place for one hundred years so let's celebrate the federal reserve by remembering all their accomplishments since nine hundred thirteen firstly they've managed to take the printing of money out of the hands of the u.s. government and thus out of the hands of u.s. voters i want it comes to money who needs to mock received representation anyways they also may choose to whittle away the dollars tagging the gold until nixon finally said forget gold let's print our way out of vietnam and because there is no link between the dollar and gold the purchasing power of the dollar has reduced by at least twenty three times since the fed came into being lovely but what about the next hundred years well if the recent rounds of quantitative easing are any sign of things to come then we are going to be seeing
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a lot more inflation and big private bankers getting richer while we all get poorer bad people generally don't survive one hundred years but bad systems sadly can go on and on and on forever but that's just my opinion. one of the county florida teen olympics what's this place like. this is so special as the russian resort prepares to local the world power the games should be the city's present and future ludlow in sochi will bring you this is the moment they report you for a look very cold snowy windy mountainous tokyo beyond the olympics but . today.
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welcome to syfy and komi sophie shevardnadze the internet has not only changed our work and the way we spend our free time it has changed us for some of the virtual reality has become the only reality of the extreme pervasiveness of the internet means that without it we can feel cut off and ineffectual for better or for worse it is a fact of life and today will be talking about how its power can be misused. when we make a coal or gold line we like to think no one's keeping tabs on us when we walk the streets or drive on the roads we hope no one is for all the books on technological progress be afraid to privacy when it's to be.
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