and of course, cooperation with turkish cypriots within the federation and the european union as well. we decided to join the european union because we strongly believe that membership of the european union will be the ultimate guarantee for a prosperous and peaceful future for all cypriots. >> cypress is simply located -- soon to reconquer or power in the past, up until now, aspired to have control of its. >> who were some of the group's who came, occupied, colonized, and had a tremendous impact? >> well, you know, definitely the greeks. the island was actually inhabited by greeks since about 3000 years ago. most of this time, the large majority of the population were greeks. venetians.' he venation they did bring people over here. they did influence this place. they left relatively large population, which is here since then. finally, the turkish. but the impact -- finally, the british. but to the impact of the british is more, you know, in administration, not in other aspects of life. >> again, this small island country is strategically very important to africa, to the middle east,

we had a major greek-cypriot factor. we agreed to have a federation based on two communities.hey have political equality. it is defined by the security council which means ensuring their effective participation in the affairs of the federation and that this federation will be organized on two geographical areas called the zones. it is bi-zonal and bi-communal. we define it also that this state, this federal state, will have one single sovereign state, one single international legal personality, and one citizenship. that happened a long time ago but it was agreed to start being agreed to end 1979 and it was enshrined in several security council resolutions. spot >> here we are, 2011, and this has been going on now for many years. pessimistic, optimistic? >> i take a professional pride in the work i am doing. therefore i must be an optimist. and i am and we know from social research that we have conducted turkish cypriots and greek cypruiots what the solution of the problem and what the solution because they know that would leave them -- would lead them to prosperity which is no

level the tie an aggregate neither side was able to find the decisive gold in extra time and the cypriots held their nerve in the penalty shootout to win four three and extend their fairytale run it was amazing i. thought of the world but also very deliberately because the surface is unbelievable. we've played for both the game will be and think we deserved to win over to the ice in our regular season winners track to have their place in the second round of the k h l playoffs as they won their best of seven series against four one but surely having side one game five one hundred mice one male problem and people with the only goal they're elsewhere defending champion said about you i have reduced the deficit in their series against double guarin cup champions alcohols thanks to a two one away victory is now three two in favor of the cousin side while metal magnitogorsk have also extended their series against parties at least for one more game as they beat the kazakh side in game five interview time four three. to the all good now where in the n.b.a. the philadelphia seventy six is a thrash

champions reached double figures in knocking out by leverkusen after well nicosia become the first cypriot team to it's the quarter finals. ready to rumble five knight returns to moscow as we look ahead to a big night of kick boxing in the russian capital. goals galore we capital fifteen goals from this week's action in the russian premier league as the season resumes ultra's winter break. of course we start with a historic night in the wife of champions league road barcelona and well nicosia have booked their places in the quarter finals the spanish side had double figures in their tie with wendy's nigger club by leverkusen but the night as it often does belong to lin l. messi the argentine became the first player in champions league history to school five goals in a single game is the path around the fire leverkusen seventy one encounter to record i tend to have victory it's the seventeenth patrick of the twenty four year old massacre his first ever five gold haul in one thousand now has fifty three goals in forty nine matches for club and country this season but is he the greatest playe

spanish champions which double figures in knocking out by leverkusen up well nicosia come across cypriots to reach the quarter finals. ready to rumble fight night returns to moscow as we look ahead to a bleak night of kickboxing in the russian capital. and gold still or we recap only fifteen goals and this were exaction in the russian premier league as the season resumes after a winter break. but we start with an historic night in the u.a.e. the champions league where barcelona and up well they can see how booked their places in the quarterfinals their spanish side had double figures in their tie with but it is a good club by leverkusen but the night's as it so often does belong to les and el messi the argentine became the first player in champions league history to score five goals in a single game as the catalans pre-fire leverkusen seven one of the new camp to record a ten to aggregate victory it's the seventeenth patrick of his boss a career but his first ever five goal haul i mean to now has fifty three goals in forty nine much is for club and country this season but is he the greate

nicosia looking to become the first ever cypriot side to reach the last eight of the competition they trailed french proudly on one mail heading into their home late on wednesday the cypriot champions of only lost once in ten home european matches and can boast which reserves are shut down yet scant pulsar already there this season. well elsewhere on tuesday the final two teams in the russian for emily yet to resume their season following the winter break went head to head and secure a two one home victory over korea see of the twelve in the relegation group francine have to wait long until the hosts open the scoring. method seven minutes into the game is unmarked in the area and was comfortably able to hit home. late in the second half. made three below recall scored off the corner kick fifty eight minutes in making. the visitors pull one bathroom petrocelli seventy eight minutes. too late to one the funds to. paradise or in the cage are playoff scars and pages of books a place in the western conference semifinals that's after thrashing says current gang five giving them an unassaila

what is arguably the best the biggest mismatch of all but certain it's up oil or their first ever cypriot side to reach this far in the competition and will be well aware of that sacking prowess of friction or knowledge of who has just become the fastest player to score one hundred league goals while their own striker esteban solari is the brother of former reality winger sends the other side and is a little overwhelmed by the upcoming match. so we have an. if you give me a good strong hard and ground to stand how big it is for us we really get an opportunity to play in this little region the quarterfinals if you chancellor so you find it is very important for us. in front of the tennis malware world number one of all jock which made it into the next stage of the sony ericsson open in miami the defending champion progressing with ease to the fourth round after a straight sets six three six four victory over its one the seventh seed the third choice does explains his eleventh straight win over his fellow serbian so jocko it's now will play france's rashard for a place in the last eight yes

out the well in what is arguably the biggest missed much of the tournament well are the first ever cypriot side to reach this are in the competition. and will be well aware of the attacking prowess of christiane a renowned though has just become the fastest player to score one hundred lowly goals however rail manager is a merino he's not taking his opponents lightly well strikeout esteban's the lhari is the brother of former rail something all goats and ari is a little overwhelmed by the upcoming much. so we're going to. be giving you strong hard and understand how do you. really get an opportunity to. use madrid in the quarterfinals the chance it was so you find it is very important. we have a lot of respect for them. maybe. some people in europe doesn't but we have. seen. in the quarter final because it is there to be a lot because somebody gives them some six three. well meanwhile in england on monday night wayne rooney's twenty ninth goal of the season defending champions manchester united win one of their last home to fall in and regain top spot in the premier league with a three poin

packaged up oil in what is arguably the biggest mismatch of the tournaments up oil are the first ever cypriot side to reach this far in the competition and will be well aware of that sacking prowess of christianity ronaldo who has just become the fastest player to score one hundred league goals however real madrid manager josie meridia said his team have a lot of respect for their quarterfinal opponents while i'll play striker tested our celebrity who is the brother of former reality their sons is a little overwhelmed by the upcoming match so what with the game against real will be very hard and we understand how big it is for us we really get an opportunity to play to use a little. finals the chance. is very important for us but we have a lot of respect for them. maybe. some people in europe doesn't but we have and we see that they are in the. in the quarter final. because it is there to be look because somebody gives them some century. and sits and it's now well world number one the bucket jockey which made it into the next stage of the sony ericsson open in miami as a pending champion prog

the english premier league sule survivors chelsea will face benfica while the year's surprise it's cypriots after well will aim to offset the odds once again i can see competitions most successful squads real madrid first play games get going on march twenty seventh and twenty. europa league has also discovered its quarterfinal pairing in spain once again the most well represented nation among chest united's conquerors athletic build bar will take on shellac at the meet current championship leaders ac alkmaar that he could madrid have hung over for companies while medalist of ukraine must do battle with portugal's sporting first games kick off on march twentieth. the russian football union have announced three friendly matches for the national team ahead of euro two thousand and twelve dick advocates men will take on italy lithuania and europe. i head of the tournaments kickoff on june eighth twenty ten world cup semifinal. visit luzhniki stadium on may twenty fifth that's four days after that russia will take on lithuania in switzerland before meeting four time world cup winners italy on j

premier league so all survivors chelsea face benfica portugal while this year's surprise package cypriots up the well will aim to upset the odds once again against the competition's most successful squads ryall madrid first against a going on march twenty seventh on twenty. the russian football union have announced three friendly matches for the national team ahead of euro twenty twelve dick advocates men will take on it's really literally india and europe why head off the tournaments kick off on june eighth twenty ten world cup semifinalists europe why visit moscow's luzhniki stadium on may twenty fifth four days after that russia will take on libya and switzerland before meeting four time world cup winners italy on june the first versus first game of euro two thousand and twelve will be against the czech republic on june ninth also in their group our co-host poland on two thousand and four winners greece. tennis maria sharapova quest for first title of the year has picked on pace the russian advancing to the semifinals at indian wells following victory overcome reoccur lanka this siberi

of blunders legal giants by munich go head to head with maher say by the year's surprise package cypriots well for him to upset because once again against the competition's most successful club briana driv the first legs get underway on march the twenty seventh and twenty eight europa league has also discovered its quarter final pairing spain once again the most well represented nation night as congress athletic bilbao will take on shelter there plenty meet dockside aged alkmaar a clerical madrid have been over for company while met a list of ukraine's must do battle with portugal sporting the first leg of their kick off on march the twenty nine. playoffs haven't got have managed to tie their last eight series with metal magnitogorsk of guarding the second game five two to square things up but tracked are two up in their series without bars after winning their latest clash two goals to one. and on saturday sky have a chance of going three up in their series with atlanta st petersburg side scored eleven goals to atlanta one in their first two games and the normal host torpedo in the in the

the competition they trailed french gardley on one nil heading into their home late on wednesday cypriot champions have already lost once in ten home european matches and composed victories over shakhtar donetsk and porter i already this season. well elsewhere on tuesday the final two teams in the russian premier league yet to resume their season following the winter break went head to head security one home victory over korea sort of in the relegation group sons didn't have to wait long until the host opened the scoring your g.p.s. netted seven minutes into the game as a mark in the area i was comfortably able to hit home. in the second half i mean three well aruca off scored after i quote a pick just before the hour mark making it to melt. the visitors pulled one back for ten minutes later but that was the end of the scoring two one the front. result . now in formula one team or lucy have been given the green light to line up on the grid when the new season gets underway in melbourne in less than two weeks time their m.r.i. one car has now passed all compulsory f.a.a. safety tests the

tournament the trail frenched of the old one nil heading into their home leg on wed and state the cypriot champions have only lost once in ten european marches in nicosia on plan victories over shut down porto already there this season. the final two teams in the russian premier league yet resume their season following the winter break went head to head on tuesday i'm car perm securing a home victory over christmas i'll be out south in the relegation group fans didn't have to wait long to see who spoke with the scoring you would be. living seven minutes into the game finding himself alone in the area is the best reception car would vendôme their lead in the second half to meet fevola roo cough getting the final touch on a brilliant pick just before the hour mark. the visitors did pull one part through surrogate patrol off ten minutes after that but it was to be there to one. top the monitor hurry read not has ruled himself out of crossing london to become chelsea's new head man under the last two wash was sacked on sunday the seventh blues coach to be fired in nine years. to similarly you

eight of the tournaments betrayal french probably only one nil heading into their home leg on the cypriot champions have only lost once in ten european matches in nicosia and can boast victories there over a shock unportable already this season alone. and formula one russian team being given the green light to line up on the grid when the new season gets underway in melbourne in less than two weeks. time there m.r. is zero one car has no past all f.i.a. safety procedures the team are unable to take part in final testing in barcelona last weekend after the car filled one of the teen pre-season tests however choose day the car was finally given the go ahead meaning it can light up on the grid on march the drivers glock and french rookie charles pic will race for the team formerly known as virtue. now the london olympics are just around the corner but it seems one of the monsters of past games won't be there five times trimming gold medalist in thorpe stealing today he doesn't expect to make the history and team that twenty nine year old retired in two thousand and six after setting the worl

package the well in what is arguably the biggest mismatch of its women's after well are the first ever cypriot side to reach this far in the competition and will be wrong aware of the attacking crowds a crystal ball going out though and has just become the fastest player to score one hundred. ten is now a second seed rafael nadal has toasted into the last sixteen of the sony ericsson open in miami after a straight sets win over radek stepanek while the doll is still without a title this season it has been sizzling form and dominated just check opponent using lots of flirting the number to nullify and that makes a volley style check conceding both sets of some new ball into the net sixty six two was the final score and marching on but preparing for a tricky test in the falls france. the man is wary of is japanese up and comer lunacy corey the number sixteen see basking in praise of his aggressive style on court swift six four six two victory over lukash ross all providing enough proof to turn those words in a quote of mine is didn't faze one breakpoint and his powerful ground strokes did the jo

and up a well nicosia looking to become the first cypriot side ever to reach the last eight of the competition they trailed french probably on one nail heading into their home leg on wednesday this if we're champions have only lost one in ten home european matches and could boast victories over shakhtar donetsk and poor already there this season. well elsewhere on tuesday the final two teams in the russian premier league and yet to resume their season following the winter break went head to head perm security one home victory over really a sort of in the relegation great fans didn't have to wait long until the hosts opened the scoring. of ninety seven minutes since of a game is unmarked in the area and was comfortably able to hit a home. double there late in the second half the mitri off scored from a corner kick just before the hour mark making it to. the visitors to one bathroom ten minutes later. and that was the end of the scoring to run the final result. now in formula one team lucy has been given the green light to line up on the great when the new season gets underway in melbourne in le

let's get the ball rolling with football in the champions league where cypriot sensation up oil experienced their first major blow of this year's campaign in their first leg against giants real madrid prevail in the final score but madrid could not break the deadlock until the seventy fourth minute up to matches everything pointed to a draw back stage however sometimes something houston's body shows in a review ensured victory for his side with french international during bismarck hosting upgrades and the brazilian midfielder adding any other want to record a crushing win for the ninth time european champions. we knew it took the list part of the game will be difficult for them and. we know that folk are in love so look to come in when the other team was it was a bit tight it was a work moment. to do it but. it was again with characteristics of a possible as it was it was because they were. the last in a. truly things will be harder for us there are not doubt it matters a team one always will give our best in the game so we can bid farewell to the champions league in the best possible way.

know about jockeys can seniors feast so i told the fans in miami after a straight sets win against cypriot marcus about dieties. and an epic dreams european basketball champions rush are looking from bronze in two thousand and eight gold at the london summer games and standing in the way as always will be the united states and australia. the. bang day news from the formula one grand prix in malaysia before we get started where the race was halted after eight laps judes to pour in rain at this a bank circuit an update on that as soon as we get it but it's a football first where says scott moscow stifle hopes his fellow committee sized wall on saturday and then he says his side going down to nil to the railway men at home their first pre-made exist eight thousand seats well now the pressure had been mounting for the conceived new boy ramon probably chantel to find the nets something could have been done since returning to russia last month thirty year old joe delivering the goods this time as the ball finding its way to the former tottenham man who let rip ten minutes in following good work

and let's get the ball rolling with football and the champions league where cypriot sensation an experienced their first major blow of this year's campaign in their first leg against the giants a reality madrid remail the final score but dreads could not break the deadlock until the seventy fourth minute of the match as everything pointed to a draw at that stage however some time to substitutions by jos in the radio ensured victory for his side with french international karim benzema posting a brace and a brazilian midfielder as he and the other one to record a crushing win for the ninth time european champions and. we knew it to the list parts of the game would be difficult for them but. we know the trucker and were so low to come in when the other team was closer because it was the right moment to. to do it's what. it was again with characteristics of a possible from zero zero because they were. lost in the but. surely things will be harder for us we are not so much as a team always will give our best in the game so we can bid farewell to the champions league in the best possible way. now

constable serve luvox jockey's continues his side of the fence in miami after a straight sets win against cypriotmark was not exactly. and the olympic dreams european basketball champions russia are looking to upgrade from bronze in two thousand and eight to gold at the london summer games standing in the way as always will be the united states and australia. well first the word says come moskos title hopes it's a lock on which the side wall on saturday limits lisc east side going down through an els of the railway men at home and it's their first premier league city itself when it's well the pressure had been mounting for looking at c.v. new boiler room on public chantel to find the next something he hadn't done since returning from russia last month the thirty year old delivering the goods this time around the ball finding its way to the form itself and the man who let rip ten minutes and following good work from to be freeserve in state public shango also making his presence felt on thirty three minutes firing the ball into the danger area where if you leave it i said oh does the rest. just li

the disclosure may be a weakening aimed to reveal the cypriots the truly belong to the people which have elected those all three pillars which are abusive but we're not to know the truth and we doubt we can do in a huge favor a true democracy in my opinion. but leaps actually. brought it to democracy. and democratic society it's. time for forget it for. when that full interview is coming up next our. very own program on journalism and freedom of information is coming soon you know r.t. . there hasn't been anything yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. before the source material is what. you're always on we. we want to present. something. that the mainstream media has been largely neglecting the occupy wall street movement since it spills on to meriton streets in september and there's internet activist whose beliefs and situation has seen her actors emerge as the protests main article. when you look at adbusters first putting out the call for this protest in wall street there wasn't much pick up very few news organizations actually covered it and then someone arms found

greeks always vote for cypriots. they return the favor.arsaw-pact countries vote for the bloc. in 2007, serbia won after picking up maximum points from bosnia herzegovina, croatia, mass deana, montenegro and sloven slovenia, an interesting window into europe. it got me thinking. we have "american idol" here in the u.s. and "the voice," but perhaps what we need is an american vision where people from red straights strategically vote for each other. will the two coasts create an alliance? will there be a north/south divide? i hope a tv executive somewhere is watching. remember to credit us with the idea and maybe send a few royalties our way. >>> we'll be back with a segment you wouldn't want to miss. we're going to talk to george clooney about war crimes. right back. >> these are war crimes. you're not firing into a -- this isn't war. this is killing innocent civilians. i think about the future every morning when i wake up. i care about my car because... i think it's a cool car. i think it's stylish and it makes a statement at the same time