in the west of the country since friday the council sorties have called for calm from demonstrators. the arab league gives damascus until wednesday to stop the bloodshed and allowed to national observers into the country threatening otherwise to go to the u.i. and this comes as russia pushes its resolution of the security council calling for both sides in syria to enter talks. russia's membership of the world trade organization has finally been approved after almost two decades of talks exception to this elite club is expected to bring both benefits but business and investment is about this some tough competition however for domestic producers and let's get some perspective on that now as he used trade commissioner talks start. the e.u. trade commissioner called the goodies in geneva to welcome russia into the world trade organization he warns it comes at a time when the euro crisis threaten the world with recession mr de gucht leaders

are insulting each other the euro's fall into new lows how worried are you about this stage of the euro debt crisis i see that. people some people continue to fing that. sooner or later we will have serious problems with the euro. and that's obviously influencing the debate but this is simply not true i mean the euro is going to continue your is there to stay and europe will do everything that's to see to preserve the european union it's not a matter of choice you know it's not a matter of having a different turn of this that is one very clear cut political decision you know is there to say full stop nicolas sarkozy's just call david cameron an obstinate kid while e.u. leaders getting personal it's not up to me to make comments on what president sarkozy is saying but generally i think one should avoid to become personal

in that kind of discussions these are difficult discussions for everybody we're going through a tough time and so let's keep cool i mean. i would say don't get personal francis said britain's credit rating should be downgraded before it's do you agree with them when you look at the financial position. of great britain it's not better than the let's say consolidated position off of the european monetary union obviously not. the difference is of course that there you have a state with a central bank that is a lender of last resort and that makes the difference look at what the situation of of the dollar is i mean and look at the debt situation in the united states it's also certainly not better than the european one nevertheless they don't have problems to borrow money on the international financial markets for exactly the same reason you know and i think we should learn from that and go in the direction

of. mutual izing did that then you will see the interest rates going down if that's to see the european central bank should also intervene vigorously and make it clear to the financial markets that only speculation it's also about fear that banks that is in the markets there is no reason for that was promised at least ten billion dollars through the i.m.f. to help the e.u. with its debt crisis what will play in the e.u. to me these are fears that everybody so old states have an interest that. nothing dramatic happens with the euro. because europe is the biggest economy in the world you know so everybody has a clear interest in that so it's not by accident that for example a couple of weeks ago the fed the reason the. the british national bank. switzerland to japan.

were taking together with you to be in central bank were taking concerted efforts to put liquidity in the market the inside some by accident because obviously this is of major concern to everybody in the world and russia being lonely our neighbor but also. being the major source of energy to europe which means that you are their biggest and probably also their best clients they have an obvious interest in not letting degrading the european economy the united states thinks exports to russia can double over the next five years off to join the how much can you expose to russia also go up i see several big advantages in russia becoming a member of the w t o. for example that is part of those accession conditions it's. a completely new set of rules that respect to spears which respect to figure

seventeen norms for for food is also very important what we having concluded respect to the automotive sector where russia had been taking. measures and now well that we have come to an to a compromise on the that will certainly contribute to more trade although that vantage i see is that russia it will be possible to attract more foreign capital because. their access into the w o will. give them assurances they were in a. legal environment that is more transparent so than it was so that it was before so i expect to. trade with russia to rise considerably some economists think countries have put in meaningless barriers to stop russia joining with. how fair has the process been i haven't been active in this file for the last eighteen years

have been. steering the process for the last six months let's say. and. i believe fair negotiations yes i mean some time stuff and they go about with a view by both parties to get to results and they're also major interests at stake you know it's not a chat of course it's a negotiation but i believe that they were fairly treated and they were also asking us to be let's say lenient a name for example in the automotive sector was not easy to come to decision because there was this new scheme with very high level of local companies and so on so it was not easy i think it's a fair deal you know and once you have a concluded the deal you should stop discussing the content of the ones that is a deal is a deal and then you execute it many russians think they've made too many concessions in agricultural industry to join the w t o how can you show them that's not the case it's certainly not true that they made. too many concessions.

we know we already know. russia is a big market for our agriculture products and that has to see also with the fact that they cannot. answer the demands on their own they cannot so they do not produce the necessary food and vegetables and be for their own population but there is no reason that they could not develop that industry no the same with cars they have to renovate their whole automotive industry because it had become outdated so i believe that it is agreement that we have been making will result in more than the automotive industry but of course we have been negotiating in a way that also our own interests are protected that's where they go sation is about you have to negotiate having in mind your own interest but also having him by then also the other party needs to find its interest in the negotiation because if

not. even if you were to conclude a negotiation it would never be a fruit off america's jaxon van dijk amendment bulls favorable trade relations with russia has been called a relic of the cold war should washington now get rid of it it's up to the united states to decide that but. i believe such a move. would have quite some traction on the hill is the european union along with the united states this fall the most complaints against china since it joined the world trade organization we should be treated any differently we treat everybody exactly in the same way i mean. when we get the complaints. we analyze it very carefully and then you take a decision and whether it's china or russia or even the u.s. that doesn't make a difference i mean once there is a problem we take action and i think we should do that and we do it in i would i say almost. i wouldn't call it automatic but very much.

rules based approach you know so we are not. looking for four victims all enemies i mean we are not interested in that game so for us it's to say whether it's china russia or the anybody else in china's trade with the jump it's almost three hundred percent in the ten years that it says it joined. how much do you expect russia's trade with the e.u. to go up by isn't exactly the same i believe. because. the chinese have been doing. from a historical point of view this is tremendous is developing an economy which is very much across the board. russia's economy is it much more focused on a more limited number of sectors and so i think it really depends upon russia which direction they take if they take that it should offer more than lies in that economy of being involved also in new sectors and probably the agreements to get into the deal will be more food for them but that's up to them energy prices in

russia are much lower than in the e.u. how this despondence be resolved we have. a scheme in accession whereby they will have to call two to market prices over time. so that is not only is only a treasure by the way but once you are member of the euro you have to go to market prices and you cannot have a double pricing e.u. trade commissioner karel de gucht thank you for speaking with ulti. here in bygone days sleds were vital to get around. but today there are more leisure than lifeline. what drives people to quit their

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a desperate search continues for the solution nine people and missing of russia's far east upturn oil rig count size on a sunday morning four confirmed dead and forty eight have been saved but scores are rain and accounted for in stormy icy seas with high winds and waves up to four meters hungry and rescue teams. so are the news this week hundreds of people call for a period of official mourning to be declared in kazakhstan for fifteen protesters shot dead in clashes with police in the west of the country since friday because authorities have called for calm from demonstrators. the arab league gives damascus until wednesday to stop the bloodshed and allow international observers into the

country thrashing otherwise to go to the u.i. this comes as russia pushes its resolution at the security council calling for biased sides and see where to and to talks. and russia's membership of the world trade organization has finally been approved after almost two decades of talks exception to the elite club is expected to bring both benefits for business and investment as well as some tough competition however for domestic producers. there's the headline three sport was dimitri's up next. call to not have a company again and coming up in the boat. channel one can't rush failed to finish he hung stage of the euro hockey two on a high note as they lose to the czech republic in a shoot out. best of the best football giants possible on

a russian centers in the final really big problems come. home advantage chinese calculates dominate play badminton super serious twenty eleven on home soil. but let's start with biathlon where team russia has won the combined relay race at the third stage of the world cup in whole foods. the mixed quarter at all given who cannot see both of and pool in left their rivals with no chance to look and i had some problems with shooting but so teammates sites of a graduate put russia among the latest by the end of the second stage of russia's men were shooting and fast on the track that beat their closest rivals czech republic by twenty seven seconds who won silver in france. with drawn. over to the ice now where russia had failed to finish their home stage of the euro

hockey on a high note they suffered their second straight defeat at the china one cup since the dinner was meant to last to the czech republic in a shoot out for three because i did put up of what's to get for us. sweden guaranteed themselves a channel one cup for the first time since one thousand nine hundred eight after meeting the russian team on saturday while the hosts faced the czech republic in a battle for second place and the visitors needed only thirty one seconds to put their noses in front of a misplaced pass in the zone and then i'm sure to be income made the most of his chance netting to go however russia kept attacking the goal was in the air and then equaliser was just a matter of time. before rifle decided to make slapshot in the top corner on a powerplay a minute and a half into the second period and the red machine to believe that burning the night alex on that bit is organ so we shot from the blueline but i think i was alone in front of the empty net on the rebound to one to the delights of

a back to fourteen thousand capacity mega sports arena but the czech republic made it all square in nine minutes s.k. chelsea on guard forward scored his second of the night converting however the russians restored their one goal lead as alex on that spot on the round and the back up to his backhand a ricochet at a bus the goaltender into the third period where the czechs levelled mather's once again nick was the quickest on the rebound as russia's mikail deflected the shot in front of him three all in the game went into overtime which ended goalless in the shoot out turned out to be a between being the goal and that idol of where the czech forward netted all three exams while twenty five year old or a dual of only managed twice and the czech republic climbing from behind to claw in their old four three victory in the shootout. at podiums binik years ago is our best triple and. the home to skills the training and it's very hard for me to

deflect his shots and it seems like the duke of was unhappy to see it to go three times in the shootout it was our first home tournaments on the billet delf and we were nervous because of the pressure we should have performed better. the full impact home arena we were a little bit unlucky we fought until the very end and i think this team has bright future so zinging two i believe suffering the second straight defeat at the channel one club to finish in third place but still top the overall standings of the euro hockey tour complain about out of her team. in the final game of the competition reigning world champ finland sweden for three russia are still on top of the euro after two stages with twelve points sweden have nine the czech republic eight while finland seven. have won the club world cup that's after beating brazil and out in the final question your japan it

finished fourth in favor of those men the game advertised as messi versus paid to be a gay son to go people rough catalyst dominated the game all the way through with open it coming from seventeen minutes and. soon after that of a double the length for the european champions for the precise strike from inside the box passers girl killed the rest of the intrigue at the end of the first half because the score there after the break messi made it for you to pass the second club what cup title. i i. in the third place. in the meantime fifa president sepp blatter held a news conference and talk for

a third that many mistakes him made in the past year but he called on colleagues to continue with a positive attitude the fifa boss also expressed hope that brazil would properly complete its preparations for the twenty fourteen world cup despite the slow progress of construction. but the executive committee is ready to book that good we're not sure much ready to book the construction because in all the world cups everybody said they would not be ready. i would myself now take up. on a pretty good two level and then the person month or second month of this year go with me here to stay. staying with football where in the english premier league manchester city are again on top of the standings stats after beating ass no one on home turf in the match of the day david silva scored for roberto mancini's men in the fifty third minute of the game city's cross-town rivals much to claim the third

successive league victory in london alex ferguson's charges were too good for the league's rookies queens park rangers defeated their rivals by an ounce of gold from rooney and carrick in the meantime top goal in the table following a narrow victory over sunderland from up to the chamber with the gold medical aston villa away to. now marcus million has won the men's half pipe at this snowboarding world cup in finland the thing turned out to be best adapted to the conditions last four months saw him pull off a range of daring and spectacular moves documents steve can border his best to claim second place another thing. completely the podium victory second. standing behind furphy in the. women's event french woman who told. everett at one point eight points which was enough to

win the competition compared to. less than two points finishing with eighty while. finland two bronze at first world cup. lee westwood has won the title in golf championship by seven shots on twenty two and after a final round of sixty nine the victory also puts an englishman to second in the world rankings westwood started the day with late south africa up the pressure on the englishman and on the path eleventh on the twelfth the twenty eleven u.s. must drain the long part to temporarily cup question is just too short but the englishman immediately replied to the challenge with his. part of the twelve to stay for a short on the thirteenth fended off watch again when he wrote another bodie to

regain that shortly. to be a turning point for westwood. inaugural tournament. definitely in the right direction i see a lot of improvement. and really just enjoy the were finished the year two of the last three events. go into winter with a lot of confidence trying come out next year playing the same kind of golf played this week. but a bit leaner and well rested. class badminton now where the world super series twenty eleven has decided the names of the winners in the doubles competitions to say in china where the finals were held in the mix competition it was an all chinese affair much to the delight of the home crowd the world number one. proved too strong for they compared to chan and. taking out the match twenty one thirteen twenty one fifteen in thirty nine minutes to happen outstanding yet it was

a final and title of the season. in the women's doubles the world number one parent of sally wang and the gang you left south korean of power no chance as that date young you and me thirty three minutes the chinese pairing completely dominated the game winning in straight sets twenty one eight twenty one twelve gold. finally demands doubles final saw the. cost and. taking on the seven frank. wall number three day. in the first set winning it twenty five twenty three to save six points there then they come to the next one to draw seven for the second consecutive title and fourth overall. ok up to date now more sports news from rather. not see where it is next goodbye.

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it's almost twenty four hours since an oil rig capsized off russia's far east coast leaving full people dead and forty nine mistakes more ships and an airplane are joining this search operation but severe weather conditions are hampering their marriage and said that. in other news hundreds of people have taken to the streets in western kazakstan demanding a period of official mourning to be declared for fifteen protesters killed in clashes with police since friday. and also this week the arab league gives damascus until wednesday to stop the bloodshed while russia pushes its resolution of the security council urging both sides in syria into dialogue.