for graduation day at the economics in the us that in athens an exciting day for most of the students of course but the irony of the situation is that most of them will not be able to find a job in their home country. a year after of the use bailout of their stricken breeze the country's brightest must now look abroad for the euro future we were fortunate with. the american consumer appetite fuels thousands of jobs in developing world but the payback is a legacy of pollution and those goods are past their best firms are getting around regulations and using countries like india as a dumping ground as british reader now reports. it's the sound americans love to hear the sound of the latest laptop or the newest netbook studies show that these days the useful life span of a computer is only two years and every day americans dump their junk in the hope of keeping up with the joneses telling up to a total of three million tons of electronic waste every year but where does it all go. welcome to see a lump or a predominantly muslim mostly poverty stricken area of east l.a. where thousands of

has been meeting graduates in athens. there was a time when thinkers and philosophers flocked to greece that however is ancient history to graduation day at the economics an aversive in athens an exciting day for most of the students of course but the irony of the situation is that most of them will not be able to find a job in their home country that's a worrying trend brought about by the world financial crisis which has lived deep scars on the greek economy. for. two master's degrees in political science and history and an unfinished ph d. but his education seems to matter a little here in this sort of song. things like specifically in the private sector. if you don't work very well in this business of being educated abroad it's very lose the connection because we were not here for example the broad to come by and it's more difficult to be the object of the collection of students to spend three years in total looking for a job in his country that's aside from doing mandatory military service now he's thinking it's time

for graduation day i think knowing some of us that in athens exciting day for most of the students of course because any of the situation is that most of them will mall be able to find a job in their home country a year after they used to go out of debt stricken greece the country's brightest must now look abroad for your future we report shortly. a militant leader in russia's southern republic of dagestan has been killed during a special overnight operation he's been water or suspected of involvement in several terrorist attacks including last year's moscow metro bombings and he has cost us more. or your top military has been killed so bring us the details of the operation well all of this happened in the republic of biggest on overnight police stops two suspicious will be illegals to check the i.d.'s both of the passengers they opened fire police opened fire back and as a result or for all four militants were killed in this operation and police have now confirmed that one of these men was is that people believe john of who is a local local terrorist leader notorious criminal wardak

for graduation day at the economics and aversive in athens an exciting day for most of the students of course but the irony of the situation is that most of them will not be able to find a job in their home country. a year after the bailout debt stricken breeze the country's brightest must now look abroad for the euro future we report shortly. a militant leader in russia's southern republic of dagestan has been killed during a special overnight operation he's been wanted for suspected involvement in several terrorist attacks including last year's moscow metro bombings our teams are going to spin off has more. all of this happened in the republic of the just done overnight police stopped two suspicious vehicles to check the i.d.'s both would be passengers they opened fire police opened fire back and as a result or for four militants were killed in this operation and police have now confirmed that one of these men was he said i do believe john of who is a local local terrorist leader and notorious criminal warden he's thought to be responsible for organizing various terrorist attacks in

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graduation day at the economic center of the in athens the exciting day for most of the students of course but the irony of the situation is that most of them will not be able to find a job in their home country a year after the e.u. is well out of that stricken greece countries and brightest must now look abroad for the future that report for the. nationalist party in finland has made big gains in the general election winning percentage of the votes it's a marked swing to the right the effects could be felt across the you because the storm euro skeptic troop feels could lead the country to veto the portugal bailout which is now being discussed in this minute so let's go to finland. i want to talk to you ladies the research director at the finishing of international affairs so we're seeing some a major shift to the right here in several areas of europe let's talk about it so recent election results in finland what do the major gains made by the nationalist truth and what does it signify to you. well it's a very difficult situation for the government because she ations here in finland becau

huge interest in athens if you want to send me an e-mail about this where we should come to your town send it to kaiser report r t t v are you let's get all the latest shenanigans and criminal activity from wall street stacey however you're looking fine girl max i see you're not looking so well you're sounding very ill but it must be because of that epic battle being waged on the on the global financial battlefield right now as we speak on one side of course is the silver liberation army headed by super max on the other side is j.p. morgan and led by jihadi jamie and lucia he'd deed masters but as we know they are all the precious metals prices have been soaring this week and that's an my first headline max gold explodes an s. and p. downgrade warning s. and p. one of the three rating agencies downgraded the outlook for u.s. debt and in particular s.m.p. is looking at the fiscal risks we see for the u.s. include the potential for further extraordinary official assistance to large players in the u.s. financial or other sectors. along with outlays related to various federal credit progr

and educated workforce may leave the country in mass never to the same here again incomes corteen athens greece. where for more news and a feature stories you can log on to our website. don't call this a quick look at what's law not for you there right now on the outside at school examination with nothing to do with education russia introduces drug tests for people it's not to catch kids using drugs but to persuade them to stay away from them. also innovation in russian prison is health oriented inmates canel choose to serve their sentence in non smoking souls. and also you can share your own videos and you stories at r.t. dot com just click on the upload your video section and who knows maybe one day you'll see your pretty much on t.v. that's all available on r.t. dot com. the appetite of the ever hungry us consumer is being fed by a steady supply of goods from developing nations but those items often make the very same return journey because when americans no longer want them it's countries like india that end up as the dumping ground. it's the sound of americans not just hear the soun

on this day in 1896, the first modern olympic games formally opened in athens, greece. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. find out what a government shutdown means for you as president obama and congressional leaders struggle to compromise on the federal budget. and debbie reynolds is live in studio showing off some amazing hollywood treasurers that she's putting on the auction block. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

athens is planning a massive sale of state assets designed to rae about 50 billion euros by 15. >> the german blue chips locked in gains on the final trading day of a turbulent week. >> the german equity markets, moody's, has downgraded ireland's dead once again -- but once again. that has caused investorsrs to flee into the german equity market. the second biggest utility of germany has abandoned its profits. rwe has relelied on nuclear energy and has not developed renewable energy and not to get enough profits from that business. the shares are among the biggest losers today. >> the? finishing 0.4% higher going into the weekend. the index of top euro zone firms, also locking in a modest gains on friday to finish at 2919. better than expected data was ableo outshine disappointing earnings from bank of america and google. the dow is up by nearly half of 1%. finishing up a positive note. the euro trading at this hour -- at this hour at about $1.. finance officials frfr the g-20 group of leading economies has reportedly agreed on a risk plan to identify countries whose policies could thr

athens remains committed to the austerity levels -- measures it agreed to with the eu and the imf. a sports manufacturer had a great start to the year, sales up 13.2%, and 78 million euros for first-quarter profit. our correspondent has market reaction from frankfurt. >> puma, plunging ahead, just like the logo of the company, the share increase in by almost 6%. people pleased with quarterly results, and they are very optimistic. the ceo wants to reach new volumes in sales in the coming years. people here also overwhelmingly positive about news that the french president sarkozy is supporting the italian central bank president as the next head of the european central bank. it is a bit of a surprise announcement. at this time, germany says the decision will not come until soon, but it does not have its own heavyweight candidate, when one person resigned, taking himself out of the race. a good euro watchdog. >> let's take a closer look at the markets. in germany, the blue-chip kodak closed up almost 1%. -- the blue-chip dax closed up almost 1%. the dow jones closed at almt 1% higher,

athens native faced another challenge of the hour but by the downtown muster with a w five grand prix championship vella stake three other words in the competition and russia's brightest hope in the world the way the vision who has watching him from inside. the men known as but one was keen to watch on another key one legend a better grouse in the fight nights tournament hell a new school is named after the fitting the dutchman but a unanimous decision as a gift claimed that he wanted them but is next in his way to cave in glory. but who they are but remember this man was aiming to right the street and he could have bought him a young and ambitious fire from ukraine was quick to shock the crowd a nineteen year old is down in the first round of their seventy one clash with classes class and he's starting to run out of fuel little by little while r. and mike bashing the support by the muscovites the firm and regain what he lost to take the bout to next round when she simply done it. on the russians turned out to be so hospitable i felt like i was fighting at home in greece i appreciate

a libyan government envoy traveled to athens greece carrying a message for qaddafi.reportedly says libya wants the fighting to end, but there was no indication what libya would offer on a willingness to negotiate. >>> a budget battle is expected on capitol hill. both parties failed to come to an agreement making the threat of a government shut down more realistic. it will continue this week, but the deadline for a proposal is friday. republicans are facing pressure from tea party members who refuse to compromise on issues like funding for planned parenthood. democrats say that's no way to negotiate. >> they say it is our way or no way. well, that's not how the american government works. >> republican leadership has to make a decision, whether they want you to do the right thing for the country, or do the right thing for the tea party. >> meanwhile, the republicans will release their 2012 budget on tuesday. that plan to cut $4 trillion over the next decade and institute spending caps as well as changes to medicare and medicaid. a security breech may -- >>> a security

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libya's deputy prime minister met with the greek prime minister in athens yesterday. he's due to head to turkey and malta. meanwhile, the fighting rages on with government forces bearing down on rebel positions. mandy clark reports. >> reporter: the only rebel-held city in western libya is still under siege by gadhafi forces. doctors in misrata say over 150 people were killed there in the past week, and aid is badly needed. some help is reaching the city. a turkish ferry evacuated 250 wounded. it arrived in the rebel stronghold of benghazi to pick up more injured from the eastern front before heading to turkey. those wounded are coming from the battlefield of brega. the oil town remains contested after five days of intense fighting, even with more powerful weapons and better military leadership on the front lines, rebels are struggling to gain any ground. "we were making progress, but they fired at us," he says. "the gunmen are hiding in the city." and they're now facing another problem. gadhafi forces have changed tactics, moving around in armed pickup trucks to bett

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most recent attempt a former libyan prime minister has headed a libyan envoy to the greek city of athens and there he's been holding talks to try and seek a way out of this crisis we know that this week that envoy will be traveling to motor and to turkey what we are hearing is that gadhafi my feet open to some kind of settlement plan that that plan would see someone from his inner circle taking over power it is interesting though because when i'm here in tripoli and i'm talking to officials they are all tight lipped about any kind of settlement deal people who are simply refusing to believe would even entertain the idea that gadhafi could be seen some kind of way out of all of this and certainly when you talk to protesters here they are just completely and gassed at the suggestion that gadhafi would be able to trade in which is essentially how they would see any kind of settlement plan we are also hearing move forces from the international stage though that if the plan is to be reached it has to include the defeat him down now in the rebel held stronghold of benghazi they have been talks

match is the second in this best of seven contests and it's again before we see these switches to athens just north of moscow . and gulf non-jury mcelroy will take a four shot lead into the final round of the us masters four plays a tie for second while a poor day for tiger woods so him slumped to seven shots off the pace but mcelroy wasn't having it always the same way is nearly two shot late was called back by a strange eisen day who even stole the at right later this beautiful breaking part . but they eventually sent away but end up sharing second place and i joining him that is page a choice is pretty handy with a part of himself as you can see and a competitor and tell schools to use a type the second place while tiger woods couldn't reproduce the full they saw him climb the on friday problems on the greens again saw him cart a two over par and of seventy four in a six in ninety seven shots back so out in front is rory mcilroy comfortable for short cushion play him going into sunday's final round the twenty one year old here with every chance of becoming the first origin to win in a

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today's match the second in the best of seven contests is a game even before the series switches to athens just moscow. now let's get some action from the n.b.a. would continue their good full may already in the playoffs but didn't take the foot off the gas against minnesota. under thirty two hundred six win for the nuggets mutai lost in scoring a career high thirty seven points he wasn't the only one in form any model is going to be missed by you'll see before throwing down of the she's done largely are smith speech six three point is what was the main man unstoppable ninety one percent success rate from the three point line for him during his convincing win at the pepsi center to remain fifth in the western conference from minnesota and i make the team game losing streak. elsewhere the san antonio spurs notched up their lead leading sixteen first victory this season washington houston will walk he also won on the night but none of them will be heading into the living. now in about an hour's time it's the second race of the formula one season with red bull sebastian vettel looking for win

paid off ukrainian slower or you should and the third point gary hunt the next stage is a trip to athens may twenty second. see yeah the season's going good winning in revenue we are winning here and you can turn today just happy as they can be you know pre-season i focus a lot on quality i'm trying to raise a difficulty my main thing was to do quality dives and it looks like they're working well and paying off for the judges. and finally to my asplund where russia's line is that so that when the women's now starts in moscow at the weekend the champions race or by athletes competing indoors for the first time in russia which of course. it's become a regular feature in germany's biafran calland this was the first time the sport ended in held indoors in russia and there's plenty of interest has been fixed a game was packed to capacity most of the top names descended on moscow and they said they would like to see the russian capital has to watch. well it's amazing even then the man to be. here this week up yesterday wasn't coming the voice now is realized but the weather was said not so goo

the battle for libya, the country's acting foreign minister met with the greek prime minister in athens today. the top greek official says libya appears to be seeking a diplomatic solution. back in libya, the rebel advances followed by hasty retreats continues with misrata in the west and brega in the east, the two top battlegrounds. mandy clark in benghazi has more. >> reporter: the only rebel-held city in western libya is still under siege by qaddafi forces. doctors in misrata say over 150 people were killed there in the past week, and aid is badly needed. some help is reaching the city. a turkish ferry evacuated 250 wounded. it arrived in the rebel stronghold of benghazi to pick up more injured in the eastern front before heading to turkey. those wounded are coming from the battlefield of brega. the oil town remains contested after five days of intense fighting. even with more powerful weapons and better military leadership on the front line, rebels are struggling to gain any ground. >> we were making progress, but they fired at us, he says. the gunmen are hiding in the city. and the

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and they will be putting forward a big case that the libyan delegation has already helped talks in athens and in motor now at that moment the proposals we also hearing that is being put forward is the possibility that one of the sons states. could pick up some kind of constitutional democracy some kind of transition to do that but the rebels and most of the international community are saying that that is unsatisfactory because he is essentially his father's son and cut from the same cloth and it is ironic because they follow islam until this crisis began was one of the most before mr boyce was here in the libyan regime but ever since this point and began more than one month ago he has turned out to be one of the strongest defenders of his father's policies right out his policy there with the latest on libya live from tripoli thank you. well it's nearly fifty years to the day since the first man ventured into space and today yuri gagarin is flying again a space ship named after the pioneer has a blasted off from baikonur in kazakhstan and it's carrying a three men to the international spac

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next, you'll fly to athens and make your way to a scruffy little town in northern greece where there'sport and where the roads are dicey. then, you'll hop on a ferry, unless the trip has been cancelled because of rough seas. that happens all the time, but on a calm day, it can be a very pleasant ride. the monks will tell you it takes years of prayer and soul- searching before they're ready to leave the world for mt. athos. for the likes of us, though, it takes little more than an hour. it was the beginning of lent when we took these pictures, and the ferry was packed with pilgrims from all over the orthodox christian world-- greeks, bulgarians, serbs, romanians, russians. it wasn't long before the first monasteries came into view and we thought we were sailing to byzantium, to a fantasy land of castles and palaces. ( bells ring ) we were headed for vatopedi, one of the oldest and largest monasteries on mt. athos. it had the feel of a medieval city. holiness seemed to seep from the very stones; from the frescoes on the 10th-century church; from the marble font for holy water. but then,

long ago thrown, long ago athens, the ottomans, u.k., we all had their big days in the sun doing whatthey did to be the biggest economy in the world at that time. we are just morphing to the next phase of our economy. you know, wages are cheaper around the world. it's natural that we'd lose these industries, it's natural we lose manufacturing. besides, as long as we keep innovating it doesn't matter if countries like china do all the manufacturing. that's fun. i can live with an ipad that says, you know, designed in california, built in china. i'm fine with the. i still have my ipad. no problem with that. i think that's a common view out there. these views are totally 100% wrong. outsourcing based on wages is yesterday's story. long ago did global die lead or low-tech manufacturing. that's not the current headlines. it happens to be with in the case talks about when they talk about outsourcing and off shoring, but they are completely wrong. it has nothing to do with the wage. keep in mind that 17.6% figure i talk about. it's not labeled -- labor cost. besides, if it was labor costs ho

it was like ancient athens. the act up -- that act up managed such an achievement at a time when the mainstream political culture was a raid against them testifies to the group's remarkable efficacy. [applause] thanks. >> thank you, professor martin. if you have any questions, please, stand up so you can be heard. yes? >> thanks for sharing that, first of all, and i look forward to reading this book. it sounds like it's going to be really interesting. i'm wondering, though, if you could talk a little bit about if you think the '80s are unique in this way. are the other '80s more important than the other' 50s? is there something different from the 20th century in this sense? >> well, yes, because i think, you know, all the acclaim certainly post-2004 and the acclaim of ray began and you're going to -- reagan and you're going to hear it next week on the 30th anniversary of the assassination attempt, you know, really positions him as the most important and influential, you know, president since fdr and, therefore,

. >> reporter: libya's deputy foreign minister flew to athens yesterday to meet the greek prime minister at the start of a new diplomatic push from tripoli. he says the colonel wants an end to the fighting but the move was dismissed by italy's foreign minister. >> they propose while attacking the population of libya. so frankly speaking some kind of proposals are not credible. >> reporter: the authorities here are determined to show that support for colonel qaddafi remains as strong as ever. any suggestion that he will step aside soon is quickly dismissed. while the diplomats talk, the human cost of libya's misery continues. these victims were rescued by an aid ship. unless libya's future can be secured soon, they will not be the last. >> sreenivasan: also today, u.s. warplanes were pulled from front-line missions in libya. britain, france and other nato allies will now take the lead in enforcing the no-fly zone. security forces in yemen cracked down on thousands of antigovernment protesters today. at least 15 people were killed when military forces and police snipers opened fire on a cr