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a consortium of companies. the main shareholder is secular a spanish owned multinational. lewis vasconcellos is a spokesman. my risk. ok there it is there but he sees the girls soon that via the game faced stumbling to bullies up in the mail room the girls who to leave to go to. so many people. but that will soon not be so many people who. do using the move thirty years to consume sealed but abolish they consume that evening did a dog eat believe it or so committed the. meal could be a much yuletide move into a nuclear age there would be almost mute only don't which groups must go something to. see they needed to be cleared yes that it going to you know who. in the market only needs must say those are state machines emotional think of the.

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concepts i was preparing to perform i had actually prepared myself to die. he'd want to know sorry when i asked. you to slow in home a step farther beyond earth that was it was her was . this fun to do was. really good so. what. was it he could with us the. yes get more deep mission so i told him to finish in a couple so kind of toilet b.s. i. was.

good. i was going on i. was. fired. into the targets that the municipality had guaranteed in the contracts such as definite growth in population and consumption was still only seen on paper. so when in two thousand and ten the newly elected mayor this to go miss started protests. the company went to court demanding compensation. for the slain.

evolution going to deal with but i'm in a movie shoot out back out of since deals. says sam is the kenyan if into it at all . not far from this past us defend the city of fifty thousand which signed a similar contract with the same company and with tragic consequences. the people talk to the streets past us to fight atta had suddenly going to the most expensive water in portugal e.t.f. ok mike you can do just. what it is that we did that i gave my units on duty now then a lot will. get nothing and after that must get it up on best oh but it's a became a matter of past us to fight it with water was the main focus of his election

campaign. he soon discovered that the situation was even worse than he'd imagined no thought of you give you the the leak community can. the maze thing usually. does it going not on to him when then but is a pretty. good i would do it king is exposed to the more it is look it was there that. one class will be the only place where they live where they were and to listen to much and yes with a student this is typically. the o.t. prophets nobody thought twice. the brother bruce how diverse which is why you have to be wrong. perhaps know know ya. and what's important is the result. do the people good quality work are you

satisfied by the sentence is in one protected these are the main results to be performed. for the people who knew the terms of the contract of sale from the water company which had been kept secret but was only one option. to make them public. so that all germans could know that they themselves had guaranteed thirty years of profits for two companies. a referendum was needed to make the contracts details public. political parties try to stop it. that's what i do want once found i got. who then b. and b. for taking who do have them first do this does the shifts guy i'm.

taking it on for just barely enough of us and skittishness me or does that i dish out only it was. going to be. done and i don't. know. the local government under the weight of public opinion was forced to reclaim the berlin water company. which has since two thousand and fourteen completely returned to public ownership. however the repurchase price was very high close to one point three billion euros. the high cost. just saw him in a spot as it. were mainly due to the fact that waters had been privatized first this year the costs will probably. move to national have been

very expertly proficient. at passing on to consumers because that's what they do always wherever they go. this is. no reason for seem a sufficiently bullied this to sever all peace. making. me married to this thing can this be a battle of. me thought. now i mean i mean we're going to have to put him out of what our nato mess is never of the. heart and mind of the european which is behind what brought us here. i think that the european commission would be very very clear that water privatisation on anybody is the only could.

we let the member states to organize in the way that the think it's more efficient . both bubbly can private ownership are possible so that we have an official system . distribute high quality safe efficient affordable water to all the citizens. in their patients. who have been able to get a. trick. or we're not able to go to the common talking about three go up and i could be a better person. and it cut us off. when suffering once means social it that. should be

used by you know how to get it all. you need is. just students to pretty much easier this highs and bass in sight and i didn't learn to. make a more ninety's yet will. give it i was hype. it was a historic referendum. ninety five percent of a tally of voters said no to water privatisation is berlusconi's government a plan. and the reason why we have this referendum is because the business could he got it might two years before

passed a law that was foreseen there but i think they show up local level anybody that management is in there it's of there will be somebody. making complexity for anybody to sell out at least fifty percent of the state in public companies for all the public said not only was there. a few weeks after that referendum triumph. and mario draghi the new and departing directors of the european central bank sent a secret letter to bonus going to be exposed by the korean adela's newspaper. they remind him of the basic measures expected of it to make. structural reform favoring competition and italian bonds including the full list. of local public services through large scale privatization. that secret letter caused

quite a backlash because the e.c.b. has no institutional jurisdiction to enforce policy making in an e.u. member state. it was judgment the judgment of the e.c.b. and what was necessary in this absolutely dramatic circumstances where forty percent of the g.d.p. of the euro area was under attack one of. the bell is going to government implemented many of the measures proposed in that letter while at the same time secretly trying to introduce provisions to private eyes water. a proposal that italians had rejected in the referendum. courts intervened and said no you cannot remain should use. legal provisions that been repealed as a result of a referral. this caused the european commissioner olli rehn to write to mr

berlusconi again asking for clarification. you know life is. just. as a judge and i found of it as a judge of. at allianz who had already made up their own minds saw that sentence despite the outcomes of the referendum as an insult it also infringed upon an e.u. article demanding neutrality. that. says it is our men. and this you understand. so yes you know what that means. scott just give this

that you don't. know who are not mixes. going to do your. group i mean is that funny that we're going to prevent this is the exact city going to molt. you know locomotives you'll do know it don't want to do would amend these are peaceful says quote. always up in. large scale privatizations of a key demand in every memorandum that the troika has imposed on every greek government the water companies of athens and thessaloniki always on the list. goes. mia.

mr make a luck as a journalist and was new democracy spokesperson. he later became interior minister for the right wing government formed by antonius a modest and twenty twelve. that was the year in which a minimum percentage stayed holding in the two largest water companies was abolished by law paving the way for complete privatization. thought if you tickle bees in the couple. of them one of your. eyelash you want to take up some use of it made by thick but i must put up. with him i'm giving up every bit of houston. from a new. book and they can. the school you know. people don't understand a. little bit enough to. make

a move. you know going to superman as opposed to scripture but. i'm completely confused about why a republican administration made a change that was essentially. part of the democratic philosophy i can only think that somewhere deep within what they call the deep state in the us treasury there were left leaning grads who implemented this change to a territoriality based system of taxation without anybody actually being aware of what was going on.

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for through for no particular reason to zero he will focus on you do while you're out there who wouldn't be put in your work you were cured locrian remove your eyes you can we. national governments in various locations still don't even understand what crypto currency is how mining works what bitcoin does and that confusion in that learning curve that they haven't bothered to climb leads to a lot of missed policy choices messed up policy choices and it's just because of a massive confusion out there so little is known about bitcoin except our current sees at all levels of government most levels of the consumer world and even within the crypto community itself.

u.s. led coalition airstrikes targeting syria that pro-government forces reportedly killed one hundred with central command saying the attack was carried out to defend a rebel group. with just one day left before the opening ceremony at the south korean that winter olympics dozens of russian athletes are holding out hope of being allowed to compete in the games with a ruling from the court of arbitration for sport on that i.o.c. bans imminent. however some athletes whose participation is certain are now embroiled in controversy with norway's ski federation facing doping allegations. and it's been revealed the billionaire george soros has ordered nearly half

a million pounds into a u.k. campaign aimed at overturning works it. is. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me mickey aaron good to have you with us this hour. the u.s. led coalition has conducted strikes against pro-government forces in syria reportedly killing over one hundred u.s. central command described it as a defensive measure artie's more aghast you have joined me earlier in the studio to discuss this. blud what do you think is it what they say is it an act of self-defense with vis was overkill pure and simple if the numbers are true i would see a demonstration of she have brute force perhaps you know to send perhaps the send a message they killed one hundred people because one us allied fighter was injured

no us personnel one harmed wounded or in you know in any other way hurt but how our jukes playing you know the sort of overkill nevertheless the united states says that it's it's in syria and it will defend itself and it has the right to defend itself in this instance in defense of coalition and partner forces the coalition conducted strikes against attack to repel the act of aggression against partners to repel the act of aggression against partners in the global coalitions defeat dish mission if the situation is like how they describe that they were indeed attacks while fighting isis demi have the right to self defense well if you take them at face value you could think so but the one hundred people they just killed were also fighting isis and recently they had been making much better progress against isis then the united states led coalition or their partner forces

the the s.d.f. the syrian government has of course called all of this an act of aggression unwarranted and just but just for you information all of this happened in there is or near a rich oil field and refinery conical it's called it was liberated last year by the u.s. led coalition very quickly and in fact the u.s. partner forces seem to have a knack for liberating areas with the oil under them much quicker than they do those areas that don't have oil under them since. since all the oil rich areas were taken in there's order by the s.d.f. progress against isis seems to have dropped to a snail's pace but you know regardless here america has said that it is in syria only to fight isis today isis has been all but defeated in syria but you don't see

the pentagon packing its bags our military policy in syria has not changed our priority remains to defeat of isis whether it's in iraq or in syria that is our intent to defeat isis and not do anything more than that the united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring isis cannot reemerge total withdrawal of american personnel at this time would restore assad continue his brutal treatment against his own people to put its ability to the lack of a fundamental commitment to our agreements that is typical of current u.s. diplomacy including the reasons why the americans stay in syria rex tillerson peter he stated that their only goal in syria was that the feet of ice or now they've got farmland bush's plans we've heard the most what the mixed messages here is the pentagon staying general mattis said that the united states will stay in syria we'll fight in syria for as long as the united states wants to fight in syria i

mean that's you know pretty direct now you see how this might sound strange to go to syria and invite it and while there you start killing syrians in syria in self-defense and this is one hundred people they killed the people just because one of their partner allied fighters was injured just one person wasn't even killed one hundred fathers sons brothers so called self defense. middle east expert jamal wakim says this attack reflects the u.s. strategy in the region. i believe this is and i got action against the syrian arab army and against the syrian government because the united states have no legitimate claim to have troops on syrian soil this is part of grand scheme for the middle east by the united states to keep this but it didn't under

its control i believe that so far the syrian government will refrain from and turning into direct clash with the united states army in syria but in the future i believe the syrian government will deal with the united states army as an occupying force that might be armed resistance to this occupation. dozens of russian athletes are still holding out hope of competing in the winter olympics which get underway on friday forty seven of them have appealed to the court of arbitration for sport to overturn an i.o.c. ban and are now awaiting its ruling the court has promised to announce the decision tomorrow morning well among those who've filed for appeals are some of russia's most celebrated athletes for example six time olympic gold medalist victor on and sultry games champion anti-ship elin artie's petrenko reports from the olympic host

city of playing china. for almost two and a half hours the court of arbitration for sport was listening to the russian side which have now left led by their lawyer so these people won't get another chance to give their arguments to the court and now it is all up to the cast members of the boat we continue to depend on the can spam listen to our arguments and the decision will be reached within twenty four hours so things won't be decided to a few hours before the opening ceremony which of course puts extra pressure on the russian athletes on wednesday the secretary general hinted that still there might be at delay now here we are looking at three scenarios either cas decides to do nothing about the international olympic committee's move not to invite russian athletes who have never been caught for cheating and without specifying the particular reasons for doing that or the court of arbitration for sport chooses to

give the green light to the russians and in that case that would be a massive blow for the audio scene and that would in turn mean that the international olympic committee discriminated against the russians the third scenario we heard about from an online leak that cannot be confirmed but reports are suggesting that there could be a split decision on the russian athletes i'm standing by here at the temporary home of the court of arbitration for sport and i'll give you any news as soon as it comes out. however some athletes to his participation in the winter olympics is not in question are now embroiled in control of the sea. no we didn't state run broadcaster n r k published a list of drugs the norwegian team doctor wrote to peel on chad and i came noted a suspicious and amount of aslam medication some six thousand doses no less than

ten tons more asked my drugs than for example finland. to south korea where the quantity of asked my medication has raised a number of concerns for a number of reasons and most of these drugs contain substances that are banned by war that the doping watchdog argues that they can and hans an athlete's performance by expanding their lung capacity the norwegian anti-doping agency has also admitted that the country has a problem with the overuse of arsenal medication. it is common practice in norway to occasionally use asthma medicine in major elements in the respiratory system even with the diagnosis vastly is not specific the latest revelation comes after the release of a documentary that alleges the existence of an organized doping system at norway's ski federation we spoke to one of the journalists behind the film the ski federation is very angry about this and they don't want to talk about this

problem and that's very sad you know reagan it's more. than ski for gratian doping program we can see that forty one percent of the middle east have normal blood gives it means i don't think this is clean competition you see there are skiers doping also in this competitions. support for women's rights and gender equality is picking up pace online with a number of prominent hashtags but when it comes to feminism people can't seem to agree on what's acceptable to say and what's not personal are you a feminist if you put on a muslim headscarf or on the contrary if you take it off and even burn it according to the internet it could be either you just have to choose your hash tag there's world hejab day that's the.