will maintain a strong military presence in northeast asia for decades. it also says it will strengthen military cooperation with japan and south korea. asean countries and india will get more attention. these nations share the same concerns about china's military build-up. >> are you saying the u.s. is trying to form some kind of coalition against china? >> it seems that way, but at the same time they are trying to maintain dialogue. u.s. and china officially agreed in january to rejoin military exchanges after suspending them for almost a year. chinese leaders were angry about the u.s. decision to sell weapons to taiwan. through talk and maybe a little pressure, the obama administration is aiming to encourage china to play a constructive role in asia. >> thanks. nhk world's junko noda. junko told us a couple of minutes about a chinese trawler getting into trouble in japanese waters. the same thing just happened in south korean waters and it's not the first time. south korean coast guard officials shot a crewman as they tried to board a trawler that was

>>reporter: the firm is doing well, with 78 cafes across asia. its success is symbolic of the modern vietnam, with its rapidly expanding middle class, which has increased from 28% of the population a decade ago to 64% in the cities today. it's a change felt across the retail sector. >>hoang: the vietnamese between 20-30 years old now, they're just different from how i see when i was 20 and 30, they have no. it seems like they have no - they don't look far, they don't live in that mould where, you know, our parents used you live where you have to save, save, save because you never know what's tomorrow, you never know what vietnam's going to become tomorrow, they seem to be much more free spirited >>reporter: it's a young country, 60% of the population are under 35. there's also a new generation of middle-class vietnamese, educated at universities in the west who have now returned home, bringing an international mind-set and capitalist dreams to this socialist-orientated market economy. >>people like henry nguyen, a harvard graduate, who heads a ve

is changing as we consider the rise of powers in asia itself. that was part of our calculation and part of our response back to the department to ensure we had adequate stocks for our operations plans. >> i understand that we need to get every dollar -- get use out of every dollar but i also want to make sure that we're ready and i have very really concerns about these productions. we know that the readiness posture of paycom is negative by the ongoing military operations in iraq and afghanistan now by humanitarian assistance in japan. how significant is the shortage of forces and equipment required to effectively deal with the broad range of security concerns in paycom's area of operation? >> so i would comment there, sir, for our day-to-day theater security operations i think we are adequately resourced and i've had this conversation with my boss. there is a significant presence of u.s. forces from paycom in the afghanistan and iraq obviously there is an effect in those forces. there's a long-term effect i do believe about the strategic expres

of asia. in 1800, asia was basically half the world's population, half the world's product. by 1900 still half the world's population, 20% of the world's product. in this century we're going to see asia return to a normal proportion. starts wh a japan in the last century, korea, the so-called smaller asian tigers, now it's china. another ten years or so it will be focused on india. this is normal and we have to learn how to deal with it. the good news about this is we have time to deal with it. unlike britain where germany... the rise of germany created fear of britain that led to world war i. germany had passed britain by 1900. we still have... there's another 20 years or so before china catches up with us, if thin. >> rose: as a macroeconomic power. >> there are various pro projections, goldman sachs says 2027 china will be equal in size to the american economy. >> rose: overall... >> overall size. but that's not too surprising given the size of the country. if you look at per capita income

michael skhiffer, the deputy assistant secretary for asia security affairs, east asia, michael, thank you for being here, looking forward to your testimony. >> we have general randolph, general, thank you, strategic policy and command. general, as always, we appreciate your service to our country, and we thank you for your willingness to be here today and to lend your expertise to the subcommittee, and finally, we have honorable jack jack -- jack lin. this subcommittee is unusual in that it's probably one of the most bipartson subcommittees in congress. we are trying to look and make sure that we answer the question, are we ready? that's the purpose of the hearing. my partner in this een denver and the ranking member from guam and i'd like to defer at this time to madelyn. >> thank you, and i appreciate your willingness to hold this hear on the security in the asia region which is certainly important to me. as we heard from witnesses in previous hearings and briefings, this area of the world requires our focus and our attention. before i begin with my statement, i would like to recogn

-- asia? >> but you -- sugar over land b from asia? not very likely. how is poor napoleon and his french people gonna sweeten their hot chocolate? marina's going over there. >> by using syrup from the maple trees or by -- >> oh, you -- >> say againsome. >> bees. >> bees. remember when our story ban with my aunt -- began with my aunt whose grandfather had been a serf? napoleon learned that a german scientist had figured out that beet sugar is chemically identical to cane sugar. this was the first time in human history that a tropical product could be substituted by another product. science is now gonna tell us where our sweetness comes from, not any more of the plantation, at least the british slave have been freed. science is now gonna begin to give us our sugar. >> so what you have in this period which is exactly what links us, same period, that serf that's related to his aunt, okay? she -- he's developing beet sugar, and here in the west indies the west indian planters are saying who's going to cut my cane? >> where can they get someone to cut their

most nuclear power plant construction has been halted actually when president obama made his asia trip back in november in just three in all the chairman she came with him and president obama was hoping to ease up on liability laws that would make american companies responsible of an accident like what happened in japan was to happen here in india however that isn't the case as of right now indian law would hold an american company like g.e. liable if an accident like that was to happen here and because of that many people wonder whether or not she will in fact continue to invest so much money they seem like a logical partner since india wants to boost its atomic energy by thirteen times by twenty thirty so the partnership seems to be a logical one yet you know people across the world as i said before are starting to question whether or not they want to work with an american company on a project like this. well the world's bracing itself for the worst as the situation deteriorates at the fukushima plant but also a contributor and says it's not stopping the nuclear energy lobby from mos

it is it will pass then who shared his thoughts on what we can learn from what's been happening in asia. today i'm talking to walt patterson who's in a safe to play at chatham house and also the author of a book on the power industry keeping the lights on our paths and thank you very much for talking to our state now the situation in japan is recent several explosions at fukushima nuclear power plant what do you think the chances are that we may see more and the situation carrying on i'm sure that the people working on the site hope that they've got it under control but they seem to be releasing an awful lot of hydrogen from at least three reactors and now from a fuel pond as well and hydrogen is an explosive gas if it's confined mixed with air or produces it can produce very dramatic explosions as we've seen so that's clearly a. major concern for them but i think the explosion problem is almost the least of their problems at the moment because what it has done to the reactors we don't know we don't know who hasn't apparently damaged the containment or the reactor pressure vessels thems

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so huge it runs nuclear concerns the whole asia pacific region on alert with a sense of the world out there from each side of the good smog in years to come. and did all the news government forces in libya are really taking ever more from the rebels. i guess if anything in their lives day up all the country the u.n. is still set for the scouts. last conditions were acid in japan with big questions about the future of nuclear power we spoke to nuclear physicist wolf than who shared his thoughts on what we can learn from what and how coming in asia. today i'm talking to walt patterson who is an associate fellow at chatham house or fellow of a book on the power industry called keeping the lights on our paths and thank you very much for talking to our tape now the situation in japan is recent several explosions at fukushima nuclear power plant what do you think the chances are that we may see more and the situation carrying on sure that the people working on the site hope that they've got it under control but they seem to be releasing an awful lot of hydrogen from at least three reactors

spurred by unrest in the middle east, oil prices rose nearly 2% to above $106 a barrel this morning in asia. and the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gas hit $3.51. up nearly 33 cents in the past two weeks. the second largest two-week rise ever. susan mcginnis is in washington with details. susan, good morning. >> hey, good morning, joel. yeah, washington is watching higher oil prices, and considering u.s. dependence on foreign oil, it's now looking at a much closer alternative. the white house is considering tapping the nation's oil reserves to try to put a cap on runaway oil prices. >> all matters have to be on the table when you go through -- when you see the difficulty coming out of the economic crisis we're in, and the fragility of it.

is coming from japan or china or asia and but. looking at the market size of russia we saw asking japan to study production that is. not to decide a company too but i think it is in this. and that's all the business news for now about next hour with more and of course can always find all our latest updates at home. download the official altie up location to i phone or i pod touch from the top story. which all teach life on the go. see video on demand ati's my old compass and says feeds now in the palm of your. questions on the dot com wealthy british scientists are. not on the tireless hunt. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our. russia would be so much brighter if you knew about some known from finest impressions. mills for instance on t.v. dot com. world for the few kookery knew the latest in science and technology from the realm for sure. we've got the future covered. there is

world's biggest automaker told employees and dealers wednesday that due to supply disruptions from asia, it expects to halt production at some u.s. factories. the company did not indicate the size or pace of the slowdown, but it is expected to be somewhat limited since most toyotas made in this country use parts made in america. >>> new worries this morning about the housing market, after sales of new homes fell to the

stake in telecom the cairo based companies with telecoms businesses in africa the middle east and asia will call notes to finalize the deal by the end of june which will make you one of the world's biggest mobile operators by number of subscribers. russia is planning to sell its first thirty year bonds in thirteen years past despite funding costs approaching their highest levels in a year in comparison with debt maturing sooner but the move which is russia's first since the one nine hundred ninety eight the fault is only aimed at the states broadening its investor braids seventy finance minister the nuclear bank in the said the state wants to provide a benchmark for russian companies seeking long good there in the united states dollar and insisted the states had no need attracting. now let's say the russian car market could become the sixth largest by twenty twenty with sales of four million cars a year the market grew seventy seven percent in the first two months of this year compared to last year boosted by its scrappage program and with the economy benefiting from oil prices then ar

gains them to it to measurements to susan two percent this hour show as and japan and elsewhere in asia down on fuzzed day off to grasp the full stop the risk of a catastrophic radiation leak from and of the great stricken japanese nuclear plant was rising hong kong's hang seng is down about two percent. and here in washington markets opened in about ninety minutes of the arch as minimize its managed some gains and wednesday's trading there are chairs close to almost half a percent and the black with commodity stocks leading the growth. of the nuclear crisis in japan will remain the key driver for the markets again today you can find the at creech it investment firm says stock exchanges alanson between a mass sell off and they rebounded. the markets today will continue to focus on the development of the situation in japan whether the rescue operation will have any success or not and this will signify for global markets that we are either in the situation which is a huge buying opportunity or a situation which is a middle point of a bigger sell off among the big important data that we wi

no muscle is coming from japan or china or asia and but. looking at the market size of russia we all saw japan to study production that is. not to decide a completely but i think it is necessary. the disaster in japan could reduce global competition by thirty percent and that's according to the latest research from ah-h. as consulting many japanese carmakers are holding work about local song trees with producers another country is suffering from the lack of components being distributed on a i.h.s. rather consulting says while companies currently have so reserves they could be used by mid april if automakers find no alternative glow production might fall from a three hundred thousand calls a day to around two hundred thousand and about general motors ford and also to and hold ready partly cut production and number of european. that's all the business news for now join us next dowson mo and of course you can find all our latest updates at r.t. dot com slash business. it's the secret incursion into the country. it's the invasion by means of. t

to japan's nuclear concerns that's the whole asia pacific region and the potential fallout there to teach far and wide to leave the smog begins to come. back and now that he's got the forces in libya i'll be taking ever more ground from the rebels while most of the world powers against imposing a no fly zone of the country the un is still set to discuss it with. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice had been our top story now japan may be using controlled out of her because she nuclear power plants are rising radiation levels and it tends to stabilize the situation has been halted all smoke has been seen coming from the site which is the way he behaves with explosions and fires since friday's make a quake our correspondent. is following the crisis for she joins us live from tokyo now as you know so what have you been hearing about the situation at the facility. well at this point we know that this morning fire broke out at the fourth reactor at the plant. when it's extinguished and was seemingly on its own about half an hour later however tepco the company

suture plans nuclear concerns good stuff whole asia pacific region on alert for the potential fallout that could reach beyond wide and leave its mark for years to come. the government forces in libya retaking even more lands on the rebels while those countries in the international community are against imposing a no fly zone to the united nations it states it's just our search. and it is the japanese shares have rebounded sharply after two consecutive days of decline with the nikkei index currently up six percent more in twenty minutes. and see this is r.t. live from moscow japan made losing control of the focus even nuclear power plants after a rise in radiation levels meant attempts to stabilize the situation have been haunted smoke has been seen that coming from the side which is already been hit with explosions and fires since friday's mega quake it isn't taking for us. this morning fire broke out at the fourth reactor at the plants. seemingly on its own about half an hour later however the even hundred workers which for every hour originally had plans to remains and they were pul

friction of a growing and changing asia-pacific. that's why your nation's decision to join the east asia summit is such good news. the summit brings the leaders of the region's major powers together and has a mandate to deal with the whole range of economic, political and security issues our countries face. our relationship is evolving to meet these new challenges. from defense and intelligence to diplomacy and trade. australia and the south with south korea and japan to the north form real asian-pacific relationships with the united states. regional stability. an alliance which was stro in the cold war, an allianc which is strong in the new world. in both of our countries, true friends stick together. our nations do this and our people do this asell. nothing better tells this truth than the story of two firefighters. many australians and americans work together in the late 1990's to be ready to protect the 2000 sidney olympics from poible terrorist attacks. one spent two months in new york training and working, including a long tim

commentary from asia times correspondent pepe escobar remember you can always keep on. facebook account you can join us there and find all the latest news it's your chance to feedback on what you're watching as events unfold around the world we've got links to our video coverage of libya and on the other big stories of all by searching for our teams on facebook. we'll get more on the global ramifications of japan's earthquake and tsunami in cross talk in a few minutes but first it's the business update with best. welcome to the business update the finance ministers from the g. seven group of the world's richest nations have agreed to step into currency markets to try and control japan's volatile currency well it's the first time in a decade that the g seven had jointly intervened in the money markets along wednesday the yen to hit its highest level against the dollar says the second world war strengthening to seventy six and a quarter in the u.s. trading but it fell back in later sessions it did currently trading get eighty two dollars while a say a coordinated effort b

with china or asia and both. looking at the market size of russia we also asking japan to study production that is. not to decide the concrete too but i think it is in the third. it's all business news for now join us next hour for more and of course if it all our latest update it was heat up call it. there is not enough space for them on the ground. zero down to. get things nonexistent under the sun. fill the gap of adrenaline. discovered deeply hidden secrets. they are seeking to. find. and even. talking to god. from. under the ground. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers on our t.v. . you. at least. six. in indonesia all g.'s available in the ground giotto church the media hotel the ritz carlton hotel a little hotel hotel new millennium hotel in china you can see all the sensor tell me rocks hotel my car on the ground of the hotel mcconnell the venetian marco reason.

afghanistan we've got special forces and i knows how many countries in africa the middle east and asia south asia you know how far can we stretch ourselves beyond humanitarian assistance and right now that's what that looks like what we're going for providing assistance to the refugees streaming into egypt and tunisia from libya just a very brief answer if gadhafi somehow maintains power does he kept all the western businesses out of the country i don't think so i think he's been a survivor for so long i think we're probably going to see some sort of negotiation president chavez of venezuela was pushing for something there may be some sort of an agreement me here all right r.t. contributor and investigative journalist when nothing. well it's just about a half hour drive from here in d.c. but in many ways it is the that is worlds away and talking about the city of baltimore maryland starting to crumble under the weight of foreclosures layoffs and budget cuts are just killing for takes us there and give us a firsthand look at a clear disparity in the way people live. every day leonard gr

they prevent catholics -- conflicts from africa to asia. mexico, brazil, argentina have a greater voice in global economic decision making in the g-20. they have helped in efforts to combat climate change. they have played a leading role in civil society groups around the world. this is the latin america i see today. a region on the move, proud of its progress, and ready to assume a greater role in world affairs. for these reasons, that's an america is more important to prosperity in the united states than ever before. no other reason does the united states have more connections. we see that in the tens of millions of hispanic americans in the united states that enriched our society and grow our economy and strengthen our nation every single day. that in america is going to become more important to the united states. trades has surged. we buy more of your products and goods than any other country. we invest more in this region than any other country. we export more than three times as much as latin america as we do to china. our exports wil

commentary from asia times correspondent pay escobar for another some other stories making headlines across the globe shells have been fired during a series of street battles in ivory coast killing at least thirty people they were launched from a military police base in a district in the capital held by fighters opposed to president the rotten dog bo he's clean to power despite global calls for him to step down after he lost a deeply disputed election four months ago the u.n. says three hundred seventy thousand people have fled the escalating clashes. more than two hundred rioters are said buildings on fire while trying to escape a crowded immigration detention center on australia's christmas island this follows a week of protests over delays and processing asylum applications australia is struggling to cope with increasing numbers about wiccans from afghanistan iraq and sri lanka one hundred strong police one fired non-lethal rounds and used tear gas to regain control of the center which is located a thousand kilometers east of the australian mainland. european airplane maker era bu

líder libio y el mandatario propone crear comisión integrada por varios países de américa latina ían asias confirmaban el contacto y habría aceptado para lograr la paz la liga de países árabes la estaría considerando no así rebeldes libios que rechazaron la mediación de chávez, y dicen que la propuesta del presidente venezolano tiene pocas posibilidades de éxito. >> un hombre tan controversial y tan frontal no puede representes ar el equilibrio ni negociación. >> la propuesta de chávez han creado algunos expectativas en mi mundo árabe el mandatario venezolano quiere que el ex presidente de brasil pre skwid la comisión y la duda es que la propuesta de paz para libia viene de chávez que es cercano de muamar gadafi y trae desconfianza. >> no voy a condenar, sería un cobarde a quién ha sido nuestro amigo por mucho tiempo sin saber lo que en libia está ocurriendo. >> pero la solo propuesta trajo controversia el gobierno francés la rechaza y españa lo contra como posibilidad el objetivo del gobierno venezolano es que libios los que encuentren la situación y se evite intervención militar de esta

airbus says as asia's fast- moving economic growth fuels demand for air travel, it expects airlines in asia to take delivery of nearly 9000 aircraft in the next 20 years, representing 1/3 of global growth. airbus expects demand from china to make up the lion's share. airbus will be delivering its first a-380 to china airlines later this year. increasing traffic is causing china to rethink its aviation policy. >> aircraft's can spend a long time waiting to depart chinese airports. delays have become routine. traffic volumes are growing so fast that infrastructure can barely keep pace. 2010 passenger figures were 16% up on 2009, squeezing facilities. beijing is the second busiest in the world and has the world's worst record for delays. ipchinese aviation authorities e aware of the problem and are responding with an extensive program of construction projects over the coming years. >> china is preparing to build about 56 new airports, relocate over for the existing airports, and renovate and expand more than 90 airports. it involves a total 231 projects with an investment of 50 billion ye

denuclearization of the korean peninsula and maintain long-standing peace and stability in northeast asia. >> max, a former congressional politics in the federal budget. the national association for business economics are former virginia representative, tom davis and stuart rothenberg. this is 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the next session is coming out. i went to think that peterson foundation for their strong support to the educational initiative conference. in this session is sponsored by minister of financial, adolfo laurenti will moderate the session. >> thank you. first of all, she is not here. unfortunately, she had to be in california after the passing of her father-in-law. i am adolfo laurenti come to debut chief economist maslow financial and i have the privilege to continue the study of public finance situation with two terrific speakers that are really the moderators say they need no introduction. but for the benefit of those who like me comes from distant lands, let me just say that tom has served for seven terms in congress, representing

i think one of the answers is transit trade through iran from afghanistan and central asia. it should be encouraged, not discouraged and there's a question of energy pipelines through iran. this is a controversial topic in afghanistan. this is something that's been discouraged but if we want help to central asian countries it would seem that the more routes from central asia to the -- the more ways in which trades can go to india thailand, the better. this is the dilemma the united states is going to have to deal with. pakistan right now is far more unstable than iran is and if you want to benefit to central agency, you should keep that in mind. we are in somewhat similar situation as to the situation we had with the old soviet union. engagement doesn't have to be a zero sum gain for every issue they're on. iran will change. if there's anything we've learned from the middle east over the last few weeks is that government can change and i think it's important to begin to lay the ground work for a better relationship with iran because iran will change. and if we can make some

i do not know much about it, but i do know that that there is a common index in asia. i think you might try to use the index to see what happened, because if i see in tunisia and egypt economy-driven events because there is a lot of employment. thank you. >> how strong is the domino effect on igniting change in country are route region. ahur --in the surrounding regions. bridget early in countries that have protests on a smaller scale. >> lebanon and the domino effect question. >> according to freedom house it is not a liberal democracy. but it is a good case, because of the use old shop -- the youth bulge model is says that usefu youthful age structure -- countries are prone to the violence if they have this age structure. when lebanon had the age structure it was in the 1970's. that suggests that it may have been a factor at least with ethnic groups whose fertility transformation have occurred at different paces. if you are familiar with joe work you will notice that he noted it was going through the democratic so -- demographic transition much christians or jews.ns

should it be rushing into asia saying we want free trade agreements with everybody? we want to give you an economic opportunity with us? >> yes, i would do that. >> rose: that's a first step? >> i would do that. >> rose: what else? >> i would say make friends with all. don't take sides. i think by taking sides you can't change the dynamics but naturally you'll be wanting to help. >> rose: what did you think of secretary clinton's speech in hanoi? >> i thought it was good. she drew the red lines. (inaudible). >> rose: the chinese have said we have... they're within... >> they produce an old map. >> rose: an old map that said these are ours? navigational rights. and she came in and said... >> we go by the law of the sea. which means where you're nearest to. >> rose: exactly. but here's an interesting question. some people looked at that and especially some chinese and said by going to hanoi and making that speech it was an insult to us. >> no. >> rose: what? >> i mean, they would rather not have that speech made at all. >> rose: yeah, of course. but it wasn't rubbing i

region or even the asia pacific region. so i think the more practice engagement with end nearby could be good. >> charlie: the big issue that everybody is concerned about, one of the big issues in global conversations is prices. clearly it's an item at the g20. tell us how you see that. >> food prices are a concern for a lot of people, for everybody but the comfort that we have is that we have a lot of acreage in indonesia. we have enough acreage to be self sufficient and even contemplating a surplus, high degree of surplus in the coming years. and that's just by virtue of knowing that a lot of the acreage in inld nearby is not as marginally productive as that in other parts of southeast air from a rice production standpoint meaning in indonesia, roughly you know on a practical basis it produces about five to seven tons whereas we know in other countries like vietnam and thailand, they produce more than 10 tons per acre. so if we can cultivate or adopt the technology to raise productivity on a per acre basis by the same amo

we'll see japan's nuclear concerns puts the whole asia pacific region on alert for the potential all out that could reach dollar wise down be that small mused to congress. and the dollar these are government forces in libya i'll be taking adderall brown for the rebels while most world powers are against imposing a no fly zone of the country the u.n. is still set to the skeptics. up next we take a look at how sports and politics are mixed in american culture on the role of both in shaping the life of the country. and as it turns out this gendering of athletic achievement presents a problem not just for women who play sports but also for the men who don't measure up to the sports cultures masculine ideal. like. from childhood forward two great fears keep boys and men in line one is the nightmare of being called a girl. i don't know what book. i'm listening to take off the skirt and put all some slack stuff in the bone and the second great fear is homophobia even though we may think it's not a big deal in our society the reality is a lot of homophobia that exists in sports is about a ma

countries and then the cases of corruption leading to transferring of big sums of money to camps in asia or in europe will be investigated these are the measures we're taking in order to return one hundred thirteen billion dollars stolen by the current return to the international investigation organizations not to the council of europe or friends but when organization which will be temporarily created to investigate economic crimes and living this organization will act on the basis of international law and nobody will be able to influence its work or decisions all this is done to prevent the money from influencing the information of the future libyan government and to spend it on the organization of free elections who has the right to create such an organization such an organization can be created at the order of the council of europe on the territory of the state with a judicial inquiry will take place in germany france or britain. it will keep the money. right it will keep the money and make sure it will not suffer the same fate as the iranian money first and by the u.s. for political

to move this global village of evacuees from africa and asia is an international airlift. german, swedish and american military come to help. four u.s. flights take egyptians home to cairo. >> on the flight last night i was on we had people clapping hangs, singing songs, waving their egyptian flags. >> reporter: 82 egyptian men are welcomed in arabic. >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> reporter: by marine major adam leffringhouse. these are weary and wary travelers. some have spent three years in libya and don't want to talk. the c-130 heads over the mediterranean sea, the flight crew avoiding libyan airspace to complete the mission. >> there's no mission that we'd rather be doing than coming out here and helping these guys. >> reporter: as the plane lands, 82 men become little boys, anxious to get the first look at cairo. [ applause ] "thank you," says one man, as they help unload their blankets and suitcases and brutal memories. >> translator: the libyan army took bribes to let people through. and some people were beaten and died. >> reporter: tonight they are home, re

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the theft of not related but billions in libyan money the assets are in europe the us and southeast asia real estate is mainly in europe and the money is on different accounts we do not find all of it so far. yes my name is daniel smith this is julian assange we will make a short presentation of all that we can fix project. the first step in the fourth day is to get information out about the real world nothing to him. after. he pursues it because. it would be a good marker because. if i put it and you saw danger he would hunt me down and kill. this is exactly one of the reasons why we left the country because it has become a war because all james. then all the actual information. thank you. so old people around the wold. like me. see. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world needs and seeing from the streets of canada as. corporations are on the day. wealthy british style rolls in the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy cons a report on r.t. sports is political in ways we don't often even notice especially on th

spurred by unrest in the middle east, oil prices rose nearly 2% to above $106 a barrel this morning in asia. and the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gas hit $3.51. up nearly 33 cents in the past two weeks. the second largest two-week rise ever. susan mcginnis is in washington with details. susan, good morning. >> hey, good morning, joel. yeah, washington is watching higher oil prices, and considering u.s. dependence on foreign oil, it's now looking at a much closer alternative. the white house is considering tapping the nation's oil reserves to try to put a cap on runaway oil prices. >> all matters have to be on the table when you go through -- when you see the difficulty coming out of the economic crisis we're in, and the fragility of it. >> reporter: the strategic petroleum reserves, the u.s. government's emergency oil supply, holds 727 million barrels right now. that's enough to provide the nation the oil it needs for a couple of months. after hurricane katrina, the government released 30 million barrels. oil prices dropped nearly 4%. during the first gulf war, 34 million

thursday, secretary of state hillary rodham clinton said there are indications that he is in southwest asia. levinson's wife said, quote, our family is tremendously encouraged by the news that bob is alive, but remains concerned for his safety and well-being. >>> a u.s. aid contractor facing up to 20 years in prison goes on trial today in cuba. allen gross, seen here with his wife, is accused of supplying sophisticated satellite phones to dissidents. he was arrested in havana in 2009, and the u.s. says gross was providing internet access to jewish groups, but that he committed no crime. >>> well, it appears the suspect in that attack on u.s. airmen in germany had a grudge against the military. sources tell cbs news when 20-year-old arid uka was arrested, he said, quote, they are at war with us. he's being held on two counts of murder and three of attempted murder. german officials say uka has admitted targeting americans when he opened fire wednesday on a busload of u.s. servicemen at the frankfurt airport. >>> and there is more fallout from that case involving lewd tapes made on board a u.

flight seventy two and it blew up of an asia with the loss of everyone on board so i would argue that there's an element of revenge by strong of intervention now more recently gadhafi is hurt french commercial interests all just blow up that he find french towel have a billion dollars he also bought russian fighter planes instead of french or felt it is useful but now coalition bombs are reported to be killing libyan civilians oppression really the worst is resorting to heavy bombing and civilian casualties are concerned. that could increase regional hatred towards the west after. there will be quite. a resistance from. critics say the western military alliance is simply taking. in what's an internal civil war where rebel seek to overthrow an internationally recognized government western forces should be prosecuted not just for civilians but also for killing your home school and i don't know why. people find it. so. i mean. as nato chiefs arrive to plan the next stage of the bombardment of libya there are growing calls for them to be held accountable for what they describe in war spea