witness - witness - africa rising
Bookmarked 744 weeks ago
the extraordinary story of how a large rural area of ethiopia is taking itself out of poverty

fukushima guilty of world039s worst sea contamination
Bookmarked 728 weeks ago
a new report shows the fukushima disaster is responsible for the world039s worst nuclear sea contaminationduring the peak of chernobyl the black sea was registering 1000 becquerels per cubic meter of water - at fukushima039s peak it was 100000 becquerelsscientists first believed the ocean would dilute it but al jazeera has learned that dangerous concentrations of radioactive caesium remainal jazeera039s steve chao reports from fukushima japan

japan disaster child volunteers
Bookmarked 765 weeks ago
a group of boys have taken it upon themselves to scavenge for food and supplies among the debris in taro where their village once stoodthey have been able to provide some relief to hundreds of survivors sheltered at a nearby buddhist templeal jazeera039s steve chao reports on their inspiring deeds from morioka in northern japan march 20 2011

letters from iran
Bookmarked 731 weeks ago
we examine the aftermath of iran039s green revolution and find an opposition that remains eager for change

anger over dead sea scrolls ownership
Bookmarked 784 weeks ago
israel says it plans to publish online all 900 of the dead sea scrolls with the help of the search engine googlethat039s caused anger in jordan which says it owns the scrollsal jazeera039s nisreen el-shamayleh reports from amman

listening post - feature: the pkk: 039rebels039 or 039terrorists039
Bookmarked 704 weeks ago
media outlets in turkey are increasingly feeling the political heat

gaddafi forces approach benghazi
Bookmarked 765 weeks ago
forces loyal to muammar gaddafi the libyan leader have hit the opposition stronghold of benghazi with mortar and artillery shells though fighters in the city say they have pushed the assault backa warplane flown by what is believed to be an opposition pilot was shot down during the fighting and opposition fighters say they have captured several tanks from gaddafi loyalistsal jazeera039s alan fisher reports

libyans mourn slain al jazeera cameraman
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an al jazeera cameraman has been shot dead while working in eastern libyathe network has condemned the attack as a cowardly crimeali hassan al jabr from qatar was one of three people travelling in a car when it was ambushedgerald tan reports

egypt-israel gas deal exposed - middle east - al jazeera english
Bookmarked 751 weeks ago
document shows how ministry granted export rights to former mubarak confidante

egypt readies for 039march of a million people039 - middle east - al jazeera english
Bookmarked 749 weeks ago
frustrated people prepare to go back to tahrir square in a bid to start a sit-in until their revolution demands are met

slain photographer039s brother denounces 039criminal039 us military
Bookmarked 733 weeks ago
wikileaks a website that publishes anonymously-sourced confidential documents has published a previously unseen footage showing a us helicopter firing at civilians in iraq killing a dozen of themamong the dead were two journalists namir nour el deen a photographer and saeed chmagh a driver both employees of the reuters news agencynamir039s brother nabil nour el deen tells al jazeera after watching the footage that it is clearly a crime committed by the us military apr 6 2010

bahraini medical centres and schools
Bookmarked 759 weeks ago
activists say security forces arrested medical workers in retribution for treating protesters injured in the uprising

saudi women defy ban to take driver039s seat - middle east - al jazeera english
Bookmarked 752 weeks ago
several women drive around in kingdom in open defiance of rule that prohibits them from driving

obama unveils jobs plan to 039jolt039 economy - americas - al jazeera english
Bookmarked 740 weeks ago
us president announces 447bn unemployment-busting plan but opponents say obama has his eye on his own job prospects

dorothy039s family talk to al jazeera
Bookmarked 757 weeks ago
al jazeera journalist dorothy parvaz has been missing since april 29 when she travelled to syria to report on the uprising therethere have been conflicting reports about what has happened to her syrian authorities first said she was being held in damascus but syrian officials later said they had deported her to irandorothy039s father fred parvaz and todd barker her fianc spoke to al jazeera and said they hoped she was being treated quotwith dignity and respect mercy and compassionquot