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Elite Saudi university set to open

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Sep. 24 (News Report) - Saudi Arabia has set up a new research university, a multibillion dollar co-educational venture built on the promise of scientific freedom.

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Taliban tightens noose around Afghan city ahead of vote

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Worldfocus - Aug. 19 (Special Report) - As election day in Afghanistan approaches, tens of thousands of American and British troops there are doing all they can to guarantee the security of millions of Afghan voters. But the Taliban is doing all it can to let these voters know that they are not safe.

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Iran Protests

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Link TV - Jun. 16 (News Report) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad is under increasing international pressure over the disputed results of Friday's election.

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One shot dead at banned Iran rally

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - By Emma Hayward - Jun. 16 (News Report) - At least one person has been killed after armed men opened fire during a banned pro-opposition rally in Tehran.

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Speech stirs mixed feelings

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Jun. 05 (News Report) - Arab intellectuals remain unsurprisingly split over the speech by Barak Obama to the Islamic world. While some consider it as bold, historic and an opening of a new chapter in US relations with the Islamic world, others simply see it as evasive and lacking substance.

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The battle for the soul of Pakistan

Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - By Riz Khan - May. 13 (Interview) - When Pakistan was founded in 1947, it was dubbed "the Islamic state experiment". In Urdu, Pakistan means "land of the pure". Now, more than 60 years later, the country is locked in a battle to define what brand of Islam it will follow, and just how "pure" Pakistan should be.

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Obama calls for nuclear-free world

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Apr. 05 (News Report) - Barack Obama has promised that the US will do all it takes to achieve a world without nuclear weapons. In a major speech on Sunday in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, the US president said Washington would take "concrete steps" to reduce its nuclear arsenal and encourage other nations to do the same. He said countries needed to co-operate and have patience to achieve a nuclear-free world.

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G20 pledges $1 trillion in funds

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Apr. 03 (News Report) - World leaders at the G20 summit in London have agreed on a compromise package of $1 trillion in stimulus cash and more market regulation to combat the worst economic crisis since the 1930s.

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Meltdown Australia

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Mar. 31 (Special Report) - Like so many of the earth’s treasures these days, the Great Barrier Reef faces a grave threat. Polyps, the tiny organisms that manufacture the coral, are threatened with extinction because of rising water temperatures, caused by global warming. This film documents the damage already caused, examines possible remedies and questions whether man still has time to save the reef.

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Hamas: Fatah helped Israel in war

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - By Agency - Feb. 24 (News Report) - With the help of the Google Earth programme, those groups prepared maps to localise mosques, institutions, tunnels or workshops," said Abu Abdallah, a senior intelligence officer in the Hamas movement which rules the Gaza Strip. He said the information included plans of the home of Ismail Haniya, the Hamas leader deposed as prime minister, as well as the location of tunnels and weapons caches.

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Taliban mounts deadly Kabul raids

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - Feb. 11 (News Report) - At least 20 people have been killed and several others wounded after suicide bombers and armed men attacked government offices in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials say.

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Pakistan frees nuclear scientist

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - Feb. 10 (News Report) - "The court has said as he was not involved in nuclear proliferation or criminal activity, there is no case against him, therefore, he is a free citizen," "I will always be proud about what I did for Pakistan"

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Children 'paying price of Gaza war'

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - Jan. 15 (News Report) - Children are bearing the brunt of Israel's war on the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has said. More than 300 children have been killed and hundreds more wounded in Israel's aerial and ground assault, Ann Veneman, Unicef's executive director, said in a statement released on Wedneday.

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Israel shells hospital, UN compound

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - Jan. 15 (News Report) - Officials said that a building of the UN relief agency in Gaza had been hit by Israeli shells and set ablaze. "They are phosphorus fires so they are extremely difficult to put out because if you put water on it, it will just generate toxic fumes and do nothing to stop the burning," John Ging, the director of UN relief operations, said. "This is going to burn down the entire warehouse ... thousands and thousands of tonnes of food, medical supplies and other emergency assistance are there." Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, said he was "outraged" by the attack on the UN compound and demanded an explanation as he met Israeli officials in Tel Aviv.

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Israel pushes further into Gaza

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - Jan. 13 (News Report) - Israeli troops have made their deepest push yet into Gaza since the beginning of the 18-day-old conflict, as Palestinians prepare for another night of heavy shelling.

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Israeli reservists sent into Gaza

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - Jan. 12 (Breaking News) - Israel has confirmed sending thousands of army reservists into Gaza, raising concerns that a deadly "third stage" of its offensive - targeting urban centres - could soon begin.

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Bush's Legacy: Your views

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - Jan. 07 (Comment) - The presidency of George Bush will soon be coming to an end but what will be his legacy? How has the Bush presidency affected you and your country? What impact do you think the global financial crisis will have on how he is remembered? What have been the greatest failings and biggest achievements of his time in office? How will Bush be remembered in the US and around the world? What are the biggest challenges facing Barack Obama, his successor?

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Bush's record on Middle East peace

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - Jan. 07 (Special Report) - Although Bush brought together Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, at the US city of Annapolis in November 2007, the Middle East leaders have since failed to make any substantial progress on final status talks.

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Civilians die in Gaza fighting

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - Jan. 04 (Breaking News) - Heavy fighting is raging in the Gaza Strip between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters after Israel launched its ground offensive on the territory. At least 30 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed since fighting began late on Saturday, according to Palestinian medical sources. An Israeli soldier was killed on Sunday in the fighting, the Israeli army said.

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The incident of the flying shoes

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - By Brad Blakeman, a former senior White House aide to Bush, Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of Al-Quds Al-Arabi - Jan. 01 (Interview) - The Iraqi journalist behind the incident has become a hero to many in the Middle East who blame Bush for the tens of thousands of Iraqi deaths that followed the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq. To others he is an embarrassment to a society that prides itself on being hospitable to guests, even hated ones. The act may have been unusual, but what does it tell us about the average Iraqis view on Bush's legacy in the country? Is it emblematic of a deep reservoir of anti-Americanism? What can we learn in the weeks ahead of Iraq's judiciary as Muntazer al-Zaidi is prosecuted for attacking a foreign head of state.

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The Bush Legacy - Afghans rue Bush's 'war on terror'

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - By Aunohita Mojumdar - Dec. 24 (Special Report) - On the day George Bush, the US president, ends his period in office, millions of Afghans will be battling the bitter cold of winter and possible starvation. Eight years after Bush launched his 'war on terror' in response to the September 11 attacks, much of the human cost of this war remains under-reported. Increased fighting in the country has gradually decreased the ability of the UN, humanitarian agencies and NGOs to deliver basic services to the most vulnerable Afghans. The UN now categorises 79 of the 364 districts of the country as areas of "extreme risk", and international staff almost never travel by road. This lack of access is likely to increase in the short term, further debilitating the delivery of basic services like food, health and education.

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Down and out in Osaka

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - By Lisa Cazzato - Dec. 04 (Special Report) - Japanese "Blues Karaoke", hip hop, improvised shelter villages in city parks, black market goods, cheap labour, begging and protest are all part of the homeless life in Osaka, Japan's second largest city. Osaka has the largest homeless population in Japan, a population that was soaring even before the economic crisis began. In June, Osaka's homeless began rioting against police brutality and eviction plans.

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Afghanistan seeks winter food aid

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - Nov. 25 (News Report) - The Afghan government has told foreign donors that a "huge humanitarian crisis" will materialise if food supplies do not rapidly reach the country.

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World markets hit by fresh blows

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - Nov. 20 (News Report) - Fears of deepening economic trouble in the US has sent global stock markets diving again.

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Syria condemns deadly 'US raid'

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Oct. 27 (News Report) - Syria has condemned an alleged US raid that killed at least eight people in the country's east, close to the border with Iraq, calling it an act of "serious aggression".

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