well here of course remember that in lisbon president medvedev made made a speech in which he came up to the so-called sexual anti-missile defense proposal to practically reject it's so is it's. finished i mean were they there be further negotiations on this proposal or. the russian side should come up with something something you well i mean lisbon apart from being a historic meeting from a political body view as to a lot of decisions perhaps some of the most important ones were precisely on the issue of the cooperation missile defense of yet missile defense cooperation but also we have agreed and we started implementing this that we would work hard together to discuss legacy aid should use to come up with the best ways of using the potential which exists in russia and in nato concerning missile defense protection and this is exactly what's happening so we're not in the business of rejecting and if we're not in the business of you know. being critical towards each other we are trying to work out the best ways we have presented our initial vision which is that of the two independent s

that this pool lisbon declaration confirmed. and that nature's daws i quote remain wide open for all european democracies well i think this is. one of the quotes from from nato papers that makes people in russia want to well start talking again about possible russia's membership in nato well this this for me has always sounded strange well maybe i'm a product of the cold war this well i remember this time so so so i don't think this may ever happen in our lifetime at least the did do you think this is something to think about at least for the for the future may this ever happen what would you say the question of any potential interest in applying for membership of course has to be put to the country itself because you know we've never been we are not and we will not be in a business in the future as well of sort of love being in a country this as significant decisions and in the country feels that it's it's capable is interested i said can share what is often called the key of nato then of cause you know such an issue but at the

and was used by the sacred general and frankly by all the leaders of the nato russian council and lisbon and indeed that's that's written but it's also meant in a full sense not only we don't consider each other as enemies but a we're striving towards strategic partnership and secondly we frankly don't really consider ourselves a problem because we do have joint problems which we need to tackle as far as the military doctrine that you mentioned well it was published it was agreed before the lisbon summit so we certainly hope. my none of the nato policies and certainly not later such is considered a threat because because we're not we're not afraid to russia and we were sure that that is exactly as we should see each other ok in january russia's chief of general staff for the first time he took part in a joint session of the ratio russian i took counsel one of the any breakthrough decisions taken at that meeting when he was the first session this year but of course we had those meetings before and they are important because overall the military operation is very important. the decisions w

the russian side should come up with something something new well in lisbon apart from being historic reading from political body view as to a lot of decisions and perhaps some of the most important ones were precisely on the issue of the corporation missile defense of yet a missile defense cooperation but also we have agreed and we started implementing this that we would work hard together to discuss legacy eight should use to come up with the best ways of using the potential which exists in russia and in nato concerning missile defense protection and this is exactly what's happening so we're not in the business of rejecting and if we're not in the business of you know. being critical towards each other we are trying to work out the best ways we have presented our initial vision which is that of the two independent systems and there are some reasons why we are we think that is the best way forward at this stage but working together and you know this is what our experts are working on this is what our political decision makers are. discussing and i think june was chosen are the time w

but in lisbon, they know the crisis may be coming. they have had their debt downgraded, and they need to borrow 10 billion euros before july. at the start of the year, portugals cost of borrowing fell back a bit as investors started to believe that the european union would get its act together and come up with a permanent solution to the crisis, but there are some days when they wake up and say portugal's parliament in turmoil, and they think the basics of the economy are not right, and the cost of borrowing shoots right back up again. last week, trends for unions staged rolling strikes. i went to lisbon's main commuter stations to see the gigatons any may him, but there were none. only the union's leader and its translator. >> will you win? >> if we do not fight, we will not win for sure. >> there are no riots on the street yet, but workers are facing 10% wage cuts in the public sector, benefit cuts, and vat has gone up to 23%. the big battles lie ahead. the next battle is with the parliament a controls 26% of the seats, and have obt

the joint euro missile defense is believed to be looking to lisbon the m.r.c. summit we agreed to analyze possibilities for its. resident community mitigate your offered our vision of a project based on the quality of. the capacities possessed by russia and the nato countries without creating any problems for each other you can use this one as well because basically your mutual regard for interests are believed to collectively counter common challenges in the sphere of missile solely for ration which joan work is beginning to expect it will be carried out with rally in compliance with a set of objectives to reach strategic partnership of the dialogue with russia is used to dispose of the tensions from the u.s. nato missile defense system we stand the risk of missing a unique chance what i think everybody understands the agreement to discuss with the n.r.c. possible cooperation of missile defense which is no way means that russia within lee agrees to exceed that nato program developed without russia the very good principle take it or leave it does not work here

well nato usually calls itself and the alliance of democracies and we've heard it in lisbon more than once well how do you think he'll when dealing with regimes like in his back is that then too many. we. when we enter into relations with these countries we ask them to sign up to the principles of our partnership partnership for peace which include a commitment on their part to work towards improving democratic principles and reform within their country and we offer support for when they do it now does it always meet our greatest aspirations it doesn't but we continue to push the secretary general when he meets with leaders from those countries specifically in his bilateral meetings reminds them of the principles to which we've all signed up and offers our support in trying to meet them so it's very important that we have those we haven't given up on our principles we just have to keep slowly working towards them well slowly walking toward the one of the steps was the recent visit of the president i was back to stand to brussels and according to opposition nato you would have been fol

all together for the west, spring-like here. 14 degrees in london, 8 in madrid and 20 degrees in lisbon. here is your extended forecast. >>> and that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm keikichi hanada. on behalf of our team, thank you for staying with us. >> california's gold is produced in association with kcet los angeles and is seen statewide on california public television. this series is endorsed by-- well, hello, everybody. i'm huell howser. walking down the steps. and these just aren't any old steps either. these are very historic steps here in los angeles. these steps were made famous back in 1932 by laurel and hardy in their classic film, the music box. and if you remember that particular scene, it was quite a production for laurel and hardy to get a piano, a boxed up piano all the way up these steps.

that is the aim of the european union members as stated in the lisbon treaty.his is the joint border control agency. it records and investigates every suspicious object on the horizon. it scans all of the e.u. outer borders. >> we have been able to provide the impact that has lowered the numbers of regular immigrants. we are able to provide better situations than one individual member state. we have a network of all of the european union member states. >> they have no helicopters or police officers of their own. when a member state calls for help, they coordinate border protection operations using offices across europe. there from france, portugal, and spain. they are patrolling the border between greece and turkey. every year, around 30,000 people cross the border from turkey into greece. that number has decreased since the patrols began. the agency is also helped to reduce the number of pple crossing from north afca. frontx is hoping to do that near the italian island. these agents have begun patrolling the area hoping to stem the tide of refugees from tunisi

take a look. 11 berlin, vienna, 12, 16 in rome, 12 in athens, 18 in lisbon, 12 in london and out in moscow 2 degrees for your high. i'll leave you with your extended forecast. >>> recapping our top story. thousands of protesters are ignoring the nighttime curfew. they are gathering at what has become the political and emotional heart of the city, tahrir square. people are demanding the resignation of hosni mubarak and calling for protesting across egypt on friday. they say this is the last day of mubarak and his corrupt regime. they are calling it a day of departure. meanwhile mubarak supporters began a counter demonstration in a different part of cairo. they are calling friday the day of allegiance. there are fears of a repeat of clashes that killed six people and injured more than 800 earlier this week but with the army surrounding tahrir square, no major incidents have been reported so far. with that we wrap up this edition of "newsline." i'm hideshi hara in tokyo. we'll be back in half an hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world.

take a look. 11 berlin, vienna, 12, 16 in rome, 12 in athens, 18 in lisbon, 12 in london and out in moscow degrees for your high. ll lve y with your exteed forecas >>> recapping our top story. thousands of protesters are ignoring the nighttime curfew. they are gathering at what has become the political and emotional heart of the city, tahrir square. people are demanding the resignation of hosni mubarak and calling for protesting across egypt on friday. they say this is the last day of mubarak and his corrupt regime. they are calling it a day of departure. meanwhile mubarak supporters began a counter demonstration in a different part of cairo. they are calling friday the day of allegiance. there are fears of a repeat of clashes that killed six people and injured more than 800 earlier this week but with the army surrounding tahrir square, no major incidents have been reported so far. with that we wrap up this edition of "newsline." i'm hideshi hara in tokyo. we'll be back in half an hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world.

. >> gaddafi likes to make a grand entrance, such as here at the eu/africa summit in lisbon in 2007. and he likes to be the center of attention. in september 2009, a week of massive celebrations was held to mark 40 years since he ousted the king of lydia in a military coup. since then, he has been the country's absolute ruler. gaddafi is seen as unpredictable and eccentric by much of the international community. in his first speech to the united nations, he spent 95 minutes railing against that very institution. >> the security council is a security feudalism, political feudalism for those who have permanent seats. they are used against us. it should not be called a security council. it should be called the terror council. >> but gaddafi has had his own experience with terrorism. in 1988, a bomb blew up u.s. passenger plane over scotland killing 270 people here for many years, gaddafi refused to hand over suspects to face justice. added nations imposed sananions on libya over the bombing, which were later lifted. in recent years, gaddafi has been courted by some world leaders. italy'

as for highs, we're still on the mild side out west. 10 in madrid and even 14 degrees for lisbon, butll very, very cold out east. minus 10 in kiev and minus 5 for warsaw. finally, giving you a look at madagascar, that tropical cyclone made landfall, it has since been dissipated, it's right now a tropical low, but forecasters are calling for this system to restrengthen, possibly make a second landfall. now, already quite a bit of rain has been reported across the area. over 100 millimeters, in fact, in just the past 24 hours. and we will be talking about much, much more rain in the days to come. upwards of 250 millimeters or more possible for coastal areas, both on the west and the east side of the island. so do watch out. there's a lot more rain headed your way. all right. so that's a look at your weather for now. and here is your three-day outlook. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> our lead story in egypt, anti-government protests have ended. but workers in the public and private sectors are still rallying for pay increases. the military ruling the country is calling for restraint. thousands of police g

common joint project then i think we will come a long way towards achieving the goal which was the lisbon summit namely to become strategic partners basically we have to elements in our position in this system must be equal. second this system must not create any risks for the strategic arsenals of the russian federation eve this through. resolved positively believe we will achieve. success but if you fail and if negotiations be to be in and they would only be used as a cover for nato american missile defense system which ignores the russian interests then of course. we would have no other choice but to take measures to protect those last question one of the main threats one of the main challenges for russia's security coming from from the south is the drug traffic from afghanistan we have been hearing from nato representatives that if we try to fight the drug production of get us then this puts people out of work and they join the taliban so it is bad for for establishing establishing the peace process there how do you cope with it do you agree with such a position you know i don't belie

a little bit better out to the west. 10 in london, 9 in paris, 18 in lisbon and 12 in athens. here's your extended for >> that's going to do it for us for this hour on "newsline." i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thanks for watching. we'll be back in half an hour. bye-bye.

security cooperation at the recent lisbon summit with the russian president medvedev there he with nato and russia both agreeing to work together on a new strategic security partnership suddenly the issue though of the european missile defense shield came up that is something that nato is very very adamant to get into place across europe a so-called missile defense shield. saying that it must involve russia it cannot be a unilateral security agreement and he said that if indeed a security plan is put into place without russia then russia would have to compensate to measure up and amend imbalance he said the regional and global security now are pressing issues at hand and today and this weekend the annual munich security conference decisions must be made more details on that on r.t. dot com of course that being our web site now the business news with with sharona is next to stay with us. welcome to our business program. emerging markets will be the driver of global growth over the next two years that's the opinion of joseph stiglitz who spoke exclusively to business starts there in an ec

well as vienna, and over towards the west, double digits, 12 in london and paris, and 20 degrees in lisbon. here's your extended forecast. >>> once again the top stories at this hour. international search and rescue operations are continuing in christchurch, new zealand, where 113 people have been confirmed dead after tuesday's earthquake. police say only six of the victims have been identified so far. they believe identified remains may include some of the roughly 200 people listed as missing. friday marked the passage of the critical 72 hour period since the earthquake, after which the chance of survival for anyone trapped in the rubble is said to fade rapidly. in central christchurch, japanese rescuers, australian troops and others are working around the clock to remove debris from the collapsed canterbury tv building. it housed a language school attended by foreign students including japanese. many people are thought to remain buried under the wreckage. >> we have a large challenge ahead to get through all of those buildings and make sure that any possible life is still a priority as f

the sides into nash's a decisive win ninety second minute goal helped rangers to draw at sporting lisbon making it three all on aggregate the scottish team are room on their way goals in that run by your words so soon no winners over ukrainian side and these kind of go clash and i'm sixty ill after two games b.s. me and i'm with you are also through to the last sixteen. and some more football news david beckham was back in california for a los angeles galaxy training session on thursday ahead of his final campaign in the m.l.s. becks spent much of the reason in his native language training with tottenham thirty five year old midfielder and now rejoins his galaxy team mates to prepare for their season opener against seattle sounders on the fifteenth of march each of beckons previous four seasons america's top flight were disrupted by either injury or a loan move but the former england skipper hopes to do better it is the final year in los angeles. being discouraged because of simply trying to change the january. really high standard and you know was and still feel great. i'll be back with

decides in soon that is a decisive win ninety second minute goal helped rangers to draw at sporting lisbon making it three all on that program the scottish the north korea on their way goals in that one but they are words so soon the winners over ukrainian side. clash and then six the last thirty two games to be as you know mickey if they are also through to the last sixteen. and some more football news david beckham was back in california for a los angeles galaxy training session on thursday ahead of his final campaign in the m.l.s. that spent much of the season in his native england training with top in a thirty five year old midfielder now rejoins his galaxy mates to prepare for their season opener against the seattle sounders on the fifteenth of march each of that comes previous four seasons in america's top flight were disrupted by either injury or a loan move but the former england skipper hopes to do better in his final year in los angeles. you know again she's great because of simply trying to change the bullshit january. pretty high standard and you know shit and she was and still

in two matches a decisive ninety second minute goal housetrain just three two all droid sporting lisbon making it three all in the aggregate the scottish team all through on the way goals their elsewhere suniel when i was over ukrainian side pressuring them six zero to two games and p.s.v. and peeve are also through to the last sixteen as you can see that. now the latest from the cage held playoffs where the western conference teams play their second games on thursday evening while things just got started on the east. police told dog guards were surprisingly defeated by fifteenth ranked nifty you make it over time it's a little can you grow where evenly matched until the man from when you pulled away by scoring two goals in the third period league runners up so about you live to have their way with playoff road q c b and also look at my c.v. failed to do too often in this series with developments up to losing game two at home. now some small fixtures from the cross have long forgotten cups going faster . in the first match of the series east scholar movement had two zero against spartak

defense has been one of the most divisive issues well as we saw in november at the nato summit in lisbon president veered of is prepared to discuss this and also prepared to consider russian participation in a missile defense shield that is not aimed at russia but in fact is aimed at rogue states and it would really help to diffuse tensions of the last few years and move forward in a more positive spirit both sides can pull out that's also been the case in the past with previous treaties so i don't think that is any different. real threats always exist and both sides have a very careful as to where they want to put out because that would really set back relations by many years. still ahead in the program revolution bryant. why do you think the media sometimes calls an events a riot and sometimes calls it a revolution but i think it probably. is a bit you know to see would it surprise you to know that our country has backed the current person you know. we gauge public opinion on the international media handling of the political crisis in egypt. on the weight of some americans say politica

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defense has been one of the most divisive issues well as we saw in november at the nato summit in lisbonpresident via the is prepared to discuss this and also prepared to consider russian participation in a missile defense shield that is not aimed at russia but in fact is a rogue states and so it would really help diffuse tensions of the last few years and move forward in a more positive spirit both sides can pull out that's also been the case in the past with previous treaties so i don't think it's any different. real threats always exist and both sides have to very careful as to where they want to put out because that would really set back relations by by many years. of president hosni mubarak has made an attempt to calm the country stands situation by reshuffling his government the leadership of the ruling party including mubarak's son resigned in response to violent protests that answered their thirteenth day however the eighty two year old president insists on staying in office until elections take place in september meanwhile people around the world to the streets demanding his imm

afghanistan and the start of africa in november they redefined their goals going forward at the summit in lisbon wanting to tackle everything from nuclear disarmament to terrorism and cyber security. it was all adopted and it's protests on the streets and nato is out of date now out of time we need a world of peace and justice is not going to prepared for yet more wars and already nato members have been divided over the near decade long war in afghanistan it was not prevailed there calling into question the alliance mission. there's every expectation that with the end of the cold war nato would be disbanded instead we. it happened in fact and in violation of even the accords and the agreement at that time was nato aggressively expanded critics say it's u.s. defense companies benefiting most from this expansion with the sales of weapons to every new nato member and the building of every new base and that growth allows other tools to be used as it's changed altered militarily to become also this very powerful political entity that is used to pressure countries to bow down to nato as agenda nato is

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defense has been one of the most divisive issues about as we saw in november at the nato summit in lisbon president is prepared to discuss this and also prepared to consider russian participation in a missile defense shield that is not aimed at russia but in fact is aimed at rogue states and so it would really help to diffuse tensions of the last few years and move forward in a more positive spirit both sides can pull out that's also been the case in the past with previous treaties so i don't think that is any different. real threats always exist and both sides have to be very careful as to what they want to put out because that would really set back relations by by many years. well you always. had for you in the program. mind the people of ukraine's capital. has been missing from. several months now. and the full sphere over the presence of weapons of mass destruction drew america into a war with iraq but the same happened with iran you look at how the us media is a ratcheting up of public suspicion. security services say they know who might have organized the deadly suicide bombing at m