trial and error: 039flagrant injustice039 for julian assange
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the defense team of wikileaks founder julian assange say he039ll face a quotsecret trialquot if sent to sweden to face sexual assault allegations he039s now in a london court where the evidence on whether he should be handed over to stockholm is being heard assange says the accusations are part of a conspiracy to punish him for running his whistle-blowing website

new shocking video of bahrain army shooting protesters with automatic guns
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warning: rt039s exclusive video contains graphic scenes of violence last friday at least 50 people have been injured as security forces in bahrain opened fire on protesters for a second straight day protesters who tried to march to the square on friday described a chaotic scene of tear gas clouds bullets coming from many directions and people slipping in pools of blood as they sought cover some claimed the gunfire came from either helicopters or sniper nests the video shot by rt crew shows chanting protesters marching towards military vehicles before sustained gunfire erupts throngs of anti-government protesters took over the square earlier in the week setting up a camp with tents and placards but they were driven out by riot police in a deadly assault on thursday that killed five people and injured more than 200

stunning cctv video of japan volcano eruption
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a revived volcano in southern japan erupted early wednesday its sixth since last week shooting out a huge plume of gas and ash to a height of almost 2000 metres the danger zone around shinmoedake volcano has been widened to keep residents safe the latest eruption followed a larger one on tuesday which spewed ash and boulders breaking windows 8 kilometres awayrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews rt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com

kucinich: cruel unusual punishment unconstitutional
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wikileaks founder julian assange039s extradition hearing to determine whether he will be sent to sweden began feb 7 in london meanwhile pfc bradley manning continues to sit in solitary confinement in the united states while assange039s plight is in the public eye manning goes unseen amnesty international has called his treatment by the us military inhumane and unjust us representative dennis kucinich in response to these allegations has demanded the us military be more transparent about manning039s treatment and allow him to speak with manning in person kucinich said he has yet to receive a reply to his request and said manning039s constitutional right not to be treated with cruel and unusual punishment must be respected

video of spacex falcon 9 dragon capsule launch for nasa
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a private company has launched a spacecraft in a bold demonstration test for nasa the space exploration technologies rocket blasted off from cape canaveral on wednesday morning the falcon 9 is carrying a capsule named dragon the company known as spacex hopes to place the capsule in orbit and then bring it back to earth three hours later it will be the first time a commercial business tries to recover a spacecraft re-entering from orbit the plan is for dragon to circle the world twice then parachute into the pacific ocean 500 miles off the mexican coast nasa is hiring companies like spacex to haul supplies to the international space station following next year039s shuttle retirement taxi trips for astronauts may follow

ex-cia agent: america creates its own enemies
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americans are in the crosshairs of terrorists worldwide purely due to washington039s policy in the muslim world not because there is an islamic enemy whose only aim is to kill americans for their freedoms and lifestyle insists a former cia officer historian michael scheuer an author of quotthrough our enemies039 eyesquot who worked for the agency for over 20 years till 2004 and at one time was the chief of the cia039s 039bin laden unit039 says america039s greatest enemy -- radical islam -- never existed: neither when bin laden was alive nor nowrt on twitter http:twittercomrt_com rt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

video of tripoli tv damage by nato airstrikes
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nato warplanes bombed libyan state tv satellite transmitters in tripoli overnight on friday a series of loud explosions echoed across the capital before dawn there was no immediate comment from libyan officials on what had been hit but state tv was still on the air in tripoli on saturday morning nato said the air strikes aimed to degrade libyan leader moammar gadhafi039s quotuse of satellite television as a means to intimidate the libyan people and incite acts of violence against themquot the attempt to silence the government039s tv broadcasts comes at a sensitive time for the rebels who appeared to be in disarray after the mysterious death of their chief military commanderrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com rt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

israel to attack iran before us election in november - media report
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israeli media says a military strike on iran could be imminent and could take place in the coming months tel aviv has long threatened to attack saying international sanctions against the country over its nuclear plans are not enough but as anastasia churkina reports an early use of force by israel could leave barack obama red-faced entering this november039s presidential racert live http:rtcomon-airsubscribe to rt http:wwwyoutubecomsubscription_centeradd_user=russiatodaylike us on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsfollow us on twitter http:twittercomrt_comfollow us on google http:plusgooglecomb102728491539958529040rt russia today is a global news network broadcasting from moscow and washington studios rt is the first news channel to break the 500 million youtube views benchmark

more video of greek riots 18 detained 4 police injured
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a communications truck was set on fire in central athens on tuesday and youths hurled rocks and fire bombs at riot police as a huge demonstration against new austerity measures descended into violence the demonstration was called by unions alongside a general strike that has brought the country to a standstill firefighters arrived on the scene to extinguish the blazing truck the second one to be set alight during tuesday039s riots tuesday039s clashes came at the start of a two-day strike called by unions furious that the new 28 billion euro 40 billion us dollar austerity program will slap taxes on minimum wage earners and other struggling greeks rt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com

a working class face for ows - we will not be co-opted
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i like this guy other than he was not more brutal in his comments about obama he was rather subdued where he could have really ripped the heart out of the obama administration easilythe fact fox interviewed him and did not air it tells me he said it rightjust be critical of everything and everyoneows -can survive fools but not infiltrationuploaded by thealyonashow on oct 14 2011jesse lagreca an occupy wall street protester who has become well known for his remarks on abc news talks to alyona in nyc

new face of terror: fbi creates bogeyman out of occupy
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from disorganised slackers to terrorists - the occupy movement has seen its media image go from bad to worse over its nine months of existence protesters now even face accusations that they pose a threat not just to corporate america but to the country as a whole but activists say it039s all just scaremongering to stifle the movementsubscribe to rt http:wwwyoutubecomsubscription_centeradd_user=russiatodaywatch rt live on our website http:rtcomon-airlike us on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsfollow us on twitter http:twittercomrt_comfollow us on google http:plusgooglecomb102728491539958529040rt russia today is a global news network broadcasting from moscow and washington studios rt is the first news channel to break the 500 million youtube views benchmark

syria on air: one-sided media spin behind insurgency trench warfare
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turkey insists its military jet shot down by syrian forces on friday wasn039t spying - but was on a training flight the incident adds to the pressure piled up on damascus - as nato is now going to look into what happened syria maintains it was just protecting its sovereignty - as the plane crossed into its territory - by mistake according to turkey which is a nato member rt039s maria finoshina who039s in damascus reports on how media is turning into yet another tool of war sometimes just as dangerous as a riflesubscribe to rt http:wwwyoutubecomsubscription_centeradd_user=russiatodaywatch rt live on our website http:rtcomon-airlike us on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsfollow us on twitter http:twittercomrt_comfollow us on google http:plusgooglecomb102728491539958529040rt russia today is a global news network broadcasting from moscow and washington studios rt is the first news channel to break the 500 million youtube views benchmark

max keiser: aaa to junk - just what wall st wants
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while the compromise agreed in washington comes just in time to prevent an immediate catastrophe financial analyst max keiser believes it won039t be enough to persuade ratings agencies to let america keep its precious 039triple a039 credit scorert on twitter: http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

fresh video of london riots: crowd street rampage
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follow us on http:twittercomrt_com and http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews two days of angry clashes in parts of north london have seen 26 police officers injured and over 160 arrests small pockets of unrest remain active according to scotland yard it began as a peaceful protest demanding justice over the death of a 29-year-old man who was shot by police last thursday but things turned ugly when demonstrators began attacking police and setting fire to cars and buildings the violence then spread to a neighbouring district

threat of democracy: 039west wants 039new libya039 to pay back039
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follow latest updates on http:twittercomrt_com and http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews to discuss what the future might hold for a post-gaddafi libya and the interests that various factions have in it rt talks to john rees from the stop the war colaition live from london