new delhi india. stay with us here on r t still to come in the program silenced the truth or go on trial you were killed a tough choice a sing us whistle blowers as a new set of standards aims to classify alleged crimes under the guise of national security. plus protests turned deadly in afghanistan as a controversial so-called error by u.s. led troops continues to fan the flames of conflict. but first the heavens may have opened up over the greek capital but the wet weather failed to dampen the spirits of thousands who gathered for the latest protests this greek lawmakers are set to vote on a leash on legal changes that would clear the way for a debt restructuring part of the latest belo deal the agreement means more sacrifices for the country with almost a decade of painful cuts ahead and how sturdy anger also mounting in other parts of the debt ridden euro zone tens of thousands of students protesting against education cuts in spain for more on this i'm joined by coast us a doozy in the us press an

nhk world, new delhi. >>> joining us in the studio is our commentator and former bureau chief in new delhi. why is the university of tokyo trying to attract more international students? >> well, the university is concerned about its future. here's a table of the leading universities. it assisted criteria such as citations, student/teacher ratio and diversity of student population. in 2004, the university of tokyo was ranked 12th. but last year it dropped to 25th. with tough international competition, schools are working harder to recruit with talented students. >> we would like to use this office to further increase collaboration between japanese and indian academia as well as academia business cooperation. >> do you think the university will be able to increase enrollment as it hopes? >> it won't be easy. there's a lot of competition for good students from asia. singapore is one major competitor that's been doing well despite the natural resources, the country took inspiration from its founding father who decried universities to be its biggest asset. in singapore, you can get by by s

new delhi india. well coming up later in the program saddam to the truth all go on trial reveal a tough choice u.s. whistle goes it's a new set of standards it's a classic line that's crimes under the guise of national security. plus tests turned deadly in afghanistan controversial so-called u.s. troops used to fund the flames of conflict. may have opened up over the greek capital whether from the spirits of thousands have gathered for the latest protest their. lawmakers voted on legal changes that would clear the way for a debt restructuring or the latest paid out deal agreements means more sacrifices for the country almost a decade of painful cuts head. apart. and tens of thousands of students protesting against education cuts in spain this is a must see herbert examples of public anger to recovery. icelandic anger brings debt forgiveness and best recovery story icelanders who pelted parliament with rocks in two thousand and nine demanding their leaders and bankers answer for the country's economic a

continues it will face increasing pressure and isolation the west is branding up the pressure on new delhi to follow its lead in stopping imports of iranian oil and dealing with its central bank but india refuses to follow suit does not. need. to see. you aren't. there more do you need a former u.s. state department official said the india failure to stand with the glass on the oil embargo is a slap in the face pretty united states and raises questions about india's ability to lead but despite all that indian officials of lot but on the issue india is there on the largest oil customer with an annual trade of twelve billion dollars officials here in new delhi are negotiating with their counterparts in tehran to continue that trade using rupees instead of dollars to get around the one thing. and it's not just india ignoring the west's wishes with four asian countries collectively buying two thirds of our odds of oil while the e.u. buys just twenty per cent whether the sanctions work or not has brought in guest concern these are sanctions imposed by the united states and the european union th

but if asia won't play that game the question arises what will or can do next priya sridhar r t new delhi india. well it's the people in that one western country who are really feeling the effect of the world around with their own petrol prices in the u.k. you put a record high six percent year on year after. all exports to the country as part of its reaction to financial sanctions me you can log on to our website or to. find out more at. the heavens that may have opened up over the greek capital but the wet weather failed to dampen the spirits of thousands who gathered for the latest protest that's as greek lawmakers are set to vote on legal changes that would clear the way for the debt restructuring part of the latest dana deal cremata means more sacrifices for the country almost a decade of painful cuts head all sturton younger is also in other parts of the euro zone tens of thousands of students protesting against inflation cuts and sprayed starbucks guys from stacey herbert look at examples of. how this led to recovery. anger brings debt forgiveness and best recovery story icelanders

new delhi india. well it's the people in the. country already feeling the effects of the world with iran petrol prices to record high creasing percent year on year. round blocked exports country as part of its reaction to financial sanctions from we can log on to our website or to. find out more about. the that may have been opened up over the greek capital but the wet weather failed to dampen the spirits of thousands who got to predict this protest that's greek lawmakers are set to changes that would clear the way for a debt restructuring. deal means more certify says her. head. unger is also on the part. of tens of thousands of students protesting against cation cuts in spain it's day. that successful examples of propaganda to recover. icelandic brings debt forgiveness and best recovery story icelanders you pelted parliament with rocks in two thousand and nine demanding their leaders and bankers answer for the country's economic and financial collapse are reaping the benefits of their anger now there are created by these red ag

won't play that game the question arises what will or can the last do next preassure either r t new delhi india member our web site r t dot com is the best place to look for the latest news videos and analysis here's a taste of what's waiting online right now fighting for his life again venezuelan president hugo chavez to undergo border surgery in his fight against cancer. mutating the lizard scientists sound the alarm as moscow waves through tons of toxic snow poisoned by the chemical agents intended to get rid of the blanket conditions. zero growth the continued recession more austerity the latest economic forecast for the e.u. as predicted by the european commission itself the latest figures especially worrying given growing skepticism of the impact of a second ballot on greece major financial players have already come out and said it simply won't stop a greek default this as lawmakers and get ready to vote through a slew of cuts today all to satisfy belo preconditions as protesters gather outside the parliament costars dizziness a professor of law at birkbeck university of london says

new delhi india. the streets of moscow were flooded with people on thursday gather to show their support for the candidates running for the upcoming presidency tens of thousands turned up for mass rallies in a spike of political activity out of next month's election he's correspondent peter oliver attended the largest demonstration. both thursday seeing a day of rallies in support of various political candidates of the president across moscow today is a public holiday meaning that lots of people off work and able to come out on the streets largest rallies taking place this is amongst the pro blood to me of putin for president supporters many thousands of people gathered here inside the luzhniki stadium this is the usually the the home of top level football matches today it's been taken over by politics now originally the organizers had wanted to hold this event. square which is right next door to the kremlin however they said that around one hundred thousand people could turn up but it's just too many

won't play that game the question arises what will or can the west do next preassure either r t new delhi india remember r t dot com it's the best place to look for the latest news videos and analysis here's what's a taste of a click away right now fighting for his life again venezuelan president hugo chavez to undergo more surgery in his fight against cancer. treating blizzard scientists sound the alarm as moscow waves through tons of toxic snow poisoned by chemical agents designed to get rid of the like a condition. zero growth continued recession of more austerity the latest economic forecast for the e.u. as predicted by the european commission itself latest figures especially worrying given growing skepticism over the impact of a second greek bailout major financial players already have come out said it simply won't stop a greek default lawmaker the lawmakers in athens also passed a debt swap law with pride in private investors are racing a hundred billion euros of the country's debt the parliament now set to pass further measures as protesters gather outside costars dizziness purser

as well as in tbilisi in new delhi as i mentioned earlier the israeli diplomats wife was injured as well as her driver it was said that she had managed to drive to the embassy to ask for help after the attack it happened and it's a police it was stopped before the bomb had actually gone off a staff member actually found a bomb under the car and had reported that to the police before anything can happen now the israeli foreign ministry had not had announced at all its diplomats or avoid getting into vehicles up this moment before it's been checked by security forces now yes the prime minister binyamin netanyahu. iran for these attacks and no one who claimed responsibility but the suspicion. is put on iran as well as his protege this is rather like a tit for tat situation because we did know we do know that iran had also been putting the blame on for attacks on its officials as well as scientists involved in its controversial nuclear program we do have to remember that this is happening on the virus of escalating tensions between iran israel as well as the u.s. of europe there are a l

won't play that game the question arises what will or can the west do next preassure either r t new delhi india number on our website r t dot com it's the best place to find the latest news video and analysis here is what's a click away right now. fighting for his life again venezuelan president hugo chavez to undergo more surgery and his battle against cancer. mutating lizard scientists out of the alarming moscow awaits them tons of toxic snow poisoned by chemical agents supposed to get rid of the blanket condition. zero growth the continued recession and more austerity the latest economic forecast for the e.u. as predicted by the european commission itself the latest figures especially worrying given growing skepticism over the impact of a second the greek bailout the major financial players have already come out and said it simply won't stop a greek default this is lawmakers in athens prepare of a vote to vote through a nice pair to vote through a slew of cuts today all to satisfy belo preconditions while protesters gather outside the parliament costars do xena's a professor. why birkb

won't play that game the question arises what will or can the west do next preassure either r t new delhi india just take a moment out run your course or website are the best place to look at the latest news video analysis from us is a taste what we got waiting for tonight the fighting for his life once again venezuelan president hugo chavez is undergoing further surgery in his battle against cancer we track what's going on with him for you online and mutating blizzard what's this was scientists is sounding the alarm here of moscow as we're waiting for they say tons of toxic snow that's been poisoned by chemical agents supposed to get rid of the blanket conditions i'll enjoy my walk home tonight but. zero growth continued recession more stero see the latest economic forecast for the e.u. as predicted by the european commission itself the latest figures indeed are especially worrying given growing skepticism over the impact of a second bailout for greece major financial players have already come out and said it simply won't stop a greek default more makers in athens of also passed the debt

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well the details are still trickling in the latest count is that four reportedly injured in the new delhi blast and among those reportedly was the is the wife of a diplomat an israeli diplomat as well as her driver but all of these all of what has happened is still based on witness reports because investigations are still going on the one it's a glee see it was diffused before the bomb had actually gone off now more details coming in now from new delhi as we did officials give us a bit more details are some eyewitnesses say that a motorcycle was actually following the diplomat's current through something on it and that it eventually exploded another man had said that he had seen a man and a woman being pulled out of the car of israeli foreign ministry does not want to reveal the identities of those injured if they are part of the embassy staff because they're saying it's a security matter nor do they want to talk about the extent of the injuries now on the diplomatic side prime minister binyamin netanyahu have been very quick to condemn iran these attacks to blame iran for these as well a

staff in the indian and georgian capitals four people reportedly injured in a car bomb blast in new delhi in tbilisi the device was discovered before it went off or at least s. r. so he has more details still trickling in as the investigation continues but what we do know so far is that there have been two car bomb attacks one in new delhi india and wanted to police in georgia both targeting the israeli embassy now the one in georgia will stop before anything could happen the local embassy staff had found the bomb and it was defused before it could go off however in india it's a different case now the number of injured there has risen at present it's now at four and among the injured is a diplomat's wife.

he is a senior fellow at the observer research foundation think tank in new delhi. russian scientists have been drilling for two decades in the antarctic. tell us more. >> they have been drilling there too late for kilometers under the antarctic ice -- there for a lake four kilometers under the ice. >> there are more than 300 sub- glacial lakes. most have not frozen due to heat at the center of the earth. the russians have had to pierce through 3,000 meters a vice. now the scientists say they have made a breakthrough. reaching a lake six times the size of luxembourg. >> we do not know what the climate was all that time ago. what sort of bacteria existed then. how the genesis of life was happening. the answers could be there. >> the scientists said they cannot take samples immediately. there is a risk they would be contaminated by the chemicals they use to drill. that is precisely the reason why in burma analysts are skeptical. >> this set of risks which can damage the sleek and some of them connected with the lake -- other stuff can get into this lake. >> the russia

new delhi india. but later in the program silence the truth go on trial for your tough choice facing the u.s. grows as a new set of standards to classify crimes under the guise of national security. protests turned deadly in afghanistan controversial so-called arab u.s. led troops it's nice to run the flames of conflict. the heavens may have opened over the greek capital. whether failed to dampen the spirits of thousands who gathered for the latest protest that's greek lawmakers are saying. is clear the way for a debt restructuring. played out to you. means more soccer authorities for the country with almost a decade of painful cuts. and see austerity anger is also mounting on the part of the. tens of thousands of students protesting against education cuts in spain next day likes kaiser and stacy herbert a look at examples of what you can go to recovery. icelandic anger brings debt forgiveness and best recovery story icelanders you pelted parliament with rocks in two thousand and nine demanding their l

investigation continues but what we do know so far is that there have been two car bomb attacks one in new delhi india and wanted to police in georgia both targeting the israeli embassy now with the one in georgia will stop before anything could happen the local embassy staff had found the bomb and it was defused before it could go off however in india it's a different case now the number of injured they are.

staff in the indian and georgian capitals four people reportedly injured in a car bomb blast in new delhiin tbilisi the device was discovered before it went off or he's test has more. the details still trickling in as the investigation continues but what we do know so far is that there have been two car bomb attacks one in new delhi india and wanted to see george are both targeting the israeli embassy now whether one hundred was stopped before anything could happen the local embassy staff and found it was defused before it could go off however in india it's a different case now the number of injured there has risen at present it's now at four and among the injured is a diplomat's wife. the wife of the military attache is among the injured it she's now in hospital with her condition is not critical it was to exactly what happened according to eyewitnesses they saw a man on a motorcycle fall with a diplomatic heart that's where we can object which the car exploded or this explosion did happen less than a mile from a promise or number one sings residents who say they are currently looking fo

and more broadly, what is the current state of our energy dialogue with new delhi? i would also appreciate your views onion going security cooperation in south asia. in light of the obama administration's attempt to reduce forces in afghanistan and our complex relationship with pakistan, what opportunities exist for u.s./indian initiatives designed to combat terrorism? i'll look forward to hearing your views about how to address these and other important issues in the united states. i thank you for coming today to be with us, and i thank the chair. >> thanks very much, senator lugar, appreciate it. ambassador powell, we welcome your testimony, and i don't know if you want to introduce any family members, but we welcome that also. >> mr. chairman, senator lugar, i'm honored to appear today as president obama's nominee to be the ambassador of the united states to the republic of india. and i am grateful for the president and secretary clinton's trust and confidence. i'd like to thank the committee for giving me the opportunity to appear again before you. if confirmed,

investigation continues but what we do know so far is that there have been two car bomb attacks one in new delhi india and wanted to police you george are both targeting the israeli embassy now why the one in georgia will stop before anything could happen the local embassy staff had found a blog and it was defused before it could go off however in india it's a different case now the number of injured there has risen at present it's now up for and among the injured is a diplomat's wife to the police the wife of the military attache is among the injured and she's now in hospital go her condition is not critical almost exactly what happened according to eyewitnesses they saw a man on a motorcycle following the diplomatic car and throwing an object after which the car exploded this explosion did happen less than a mile from the indian prime minister manmohan singh's residence police say they are currently looking for a man believed to be on that motorcycle now in terms of a diplomatic statement prime minister israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu did come out rather quickly and a meeting of lawm

going on a tour of european capitals and recently their major figure from the oil ministry was in new delhi meeting the indians and there have been making all kinds of promises of excess capacity coming out of saudi arabia to these markets in a sense to bring on board countries like india and brussels on side for the move to shift the sanctions regime into an embargo of course whether the saudis have this excess capacity is a separate question and that is in a sense a national security question you know the saudis have always given very inflated numbers about their oil reserves it's very important to recognize that this shift from a sanctions to an embargo regime against iran has a great. benefit for saudi arabia so saudi arabia has been playing a and active role in trying to bring the world on one side to isolate iran and right now places like new delhi and absence i'm not convinced that they will be given you know is soft landing if these sanctions become an embargo against iran so it's not the kids that these places have entirely or the saudi american position they have an embargo on ira

targeting israeli embassies in georgia and india and people were injured in a car bomb blast in new delhi while it's been nice to see a device was discovered before it went off. russia has announced it regrets the arab league winding down its observers work in syria and stresses a proposed a peacekeeping mission can be deployed only once the government and opposition forces agree to a cease fire meanwhile the ground journal something members have met to discuss a non-binding resolution on syria aimed at overthrowing that assad regime. that fiery protests in athens followed by k.l. some looting as public outrage escalates after the greek parliament poses a real story bill to secure and not take into play into. the headlines up next. reveals the latest loads from the world of high finance because the report is coming your way. i am max kaiser this is the kaiser report oh what a week according to a court of the u.k. you can now refer to nate rothschild as a puppet master and it's not libelous but let's talk about banks and sharks and all kinds of other flora and fauna of the global financial

targeting israeli embassies in georgia any india so people were injured in a car bomb blasts in new delhi while in tbilisi that device was discovered before it went off. also russia has announced it in regret of the arab league are winding down its observers more than syria as trust says a proposed peacekeeping mission can be deployed only was the government and opposition forces agreed to a cease fire you know while the grand jury or somebody members have met to discuss a non-binding resolution on syria aimed at overthrowing the regime. and brussels is relieved that the greek parliament causes a new austerity bill demanded by the u.s. . to secure another one hundred sets have been then play nice despite the risk of public opposition and rioting but the relief is likely to be short lived as the euro crisis continues with rating agency moody's downgrading and nine easing the status of. the crippling austerity imposed on the people of greece is also the center of today's debate in coastal coming up next on l.c. . and. lead to the lead below and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle in the

wife of his in the israeli diplomat and her driver were reportedly injured in a car bomb blast in new delhi to these see the device was discovered before it went off. now joins us live with details she's following this developing story tasso what exactly happened in these incidents today and what prompted the claims that iran is responsible. well what's happening with the two reports that we have gotten today the details do remain very sketchy even the identities of the people that may have been injured in those attacks have not been confirmed yet but.

in new delhi, it wounded at least two people. they seem to think this is a terror campaign against hoz bolla. brian, what do you know? >> brooke, even before this bomb threat in new delhi, the homeland security and the fbi put out a bulletin. this was last week, and it was intended for law enforcement agencies. it says, in light of attentions over iran, they were maybe concerned iran might attempt attacks inside the united states given last year's foiled plot to. i think that is going to help keep them in control of targets around the u.s. but they said the dhs and the fbi have received no specific threats to jewish organizations, facilities and personnel in the united states as a result of recent heightened tensions with iran. that doesn't mean that couldn't change and change quickly. napolitano even had a conference call with jewish groups to review security pe cautirecauti urge them to be vigilant. but still no specific information concerning any acts or plans. this could be very well to important. a director of national intel

on monday a blast in new delhi targeted israeli diplomats. it was followed the next day by three explosions in bangkok. thai authorities arrested suspects one of whom carried an iranian passport. >>> next we go to bangkok to find out what's going on in the region. >> the leaders of pakistan, afghanistan and iran have met many islamabad amid rising international tex about iran's nuclear program. even so the position of iran at the summit appeared bolstered by its wealth and natural resources. the president of pakistan, karzai from afghanistan and iran's president ahmadinejad issued a statement after their talks on friday. their pledge to increase cooperation in energy, trade and counterterrorism. ahmadinejad promised to continue supporting the energy needs of pakistan and afghanistan. ahmadinejad blamed outside flunss for the problems faced by the region. even though he avoided mentioning any country by name, his remarks were aimed at the united states and its allies. in singapore, asia's largest air show is underway along with tate of the art

two were wounded in new delhi.t the same time, they defused a device attached to an embassy vehicle in georgia. >> the supreme court in spain has thrown out a corruption case. they rolled the statutes of limitations have passed. he was convicted last week in a separate case over illegalities and has been barred from the bench. >> the pakistan highest court has charge of the prime minister with contempt charge with failing to reopen corruption precedents. he faces at the jail and being barred from office if convicted. >> violence in iberia and flights have been cancelled. -- flights and workers protesting. and now for sports news. cologne and hamburg of both bill dillabaugh to expectations. -- failed to live up to expectations. until the last moments of the game. >> giving hamburg a deserved of misery in cologne with the shot that just made it in. -- a deserved victory. :'s did find the net but the goal was ruled all sides. they clearly missed their injured stryker. his teammates came under increasing pressure. he c

new delhi has entered into exclusive negotiations with france dessault aviation to build fighter jets. fesieeompetition from the year a fighter consortium, but now it is set to land a deal valued at over 7.5 billion eus. >> the fighter jet came out on top and landed the deal. the media is speculating that they won the contract because th oerheowt ic the news was warmly received in french capital paris. presidensaoz hailed the first international deal. >> wha been waiting for this for 30 years. 126 in the last days iia it goes well beyond the company that produces them at well beyond aeronautical industry. it is a sign of confidence for e olfrchcomy >> in december, france said it would start producing -st producing it in a decade if it did not win any export orders, but the deal means the company is stepping up the competition withheds -- with rival eads. lost outn the multibillion- dollar deal, just as the outgoing ceo was looking to strengthen the company's's defense arm. compar to orders for passenger planes, those contracts are less susceptible to economic fluctuations. >> speaking

one incident was in new delhi, where a car was blasted. a woman was reportedly badly hurt. our correspondent is at the scene. we will be speaking to him shortly. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world. in indonesia, a terror suspect has gone on trial over his role in the 2002 bali bomb attacks. umar patek is thought to be a key figure in the network. he's accused of making the bombs that killed more than two hundred people. the report does contain some flash photography. >> inside this armored car is one of indonesia's most unwanted men. umar patek is accused of assembling the deadly bombs that were used in the 2002 bali blast. he is facing six charges for the alleged crime. in court this monday, umar patek seemed relaxed as the charges were read out. >> [speaking foreign language] >> several of them carry the death penalty. prosecutors are asking for the maximum punishment. mr. patek is also facing charges for the jakarta the church bombing. it was the bali blast that propelled him to infamy. he is thought to have assembled the devices for the a

new delhi india. news this hour karim is here now with a business update. how a welcome to business here in r t thanks for joining me this hour the u.s. is looking to cut iran's economic lifeblood by removing it from the world's financial clearing system known as swift it will back up pressure on tehran as the country's leadership reveals new progress on its nuclear program but as artie's daniel bushell reports america's action could end up backfiring on its own people. this is a bid to kill iran's economy washington's move to tehran from the swift world transaction system would choke its ability to trade internationally swift interbank payments orders all the worlds of business there on the world of business they're used by practically every company and state in the world to exchange financial info the legality of america's move is highly questioned it's unprecedented political interference in the work which has always said such issues should be handled on a national level what is clear is barack obama's frustration that sanctions aren't working iran hasn'

we begin tonight in india where an israeli embassy car blew up near the country's mission in new delhi officials knew about the responsibility for the attack. >> erin, indian officials believe this was a targeted attack on an israeli embassy vehicle. a witness has come forward saying they saw a motorcyclist come up to the back of this van and place something perhaps magnetically on to the back of the vehicle. the vehicle subsequently exploded in a fire ball injuring the two people inside, including the wife of an israeli defense official in new delhi. on this same day, there was a situation where they were forced to detonate a bomb that was placed inside an embassy employee's car. israel is saying that they believe iran is responsible for both of these attacks. iran is flatly denying it. erin? >> all right. sara sidener from india tonight. >>> tonight he's back in the united states for the first time in 25 years. his name is shi jin ping. he is in all likelihood the next leader of china. currently china's vice president, she will sit down with president obama tomorrow on valentine's da