romanian protests enter fourth day
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thousands of romanians have gathered in the capital bucharest and in large cities across the country for a fourth consecutive day of growing proteststhe marches started out against a controversial healthcare reform bill and widened to include anger over government austerity measures police have fired tear gas to disperse the crowds and dozens of people have been arrested in a bid to quell the dissental jazeera039s nazanin sadri reports

somalis flee to kenya in search of food - africa - al jazeera english
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al jazeera gains access to somali border town where thousands of refugees facing starvation are trying to get to kenya

argentina wary of debt contagion - americas - al jazeera english
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economists fear a debt default by us could spark domino effect in latin america at a time of prosperity in the region

japan radiation 039contaminated rice crop039 - asia-pacific - al jazeera english
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radiation crisis gets worse as claims of further contamination of food chain come to fore

anger as italian mp praises norway gunmen
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anders breivik the far-right extremist who confessed to the killings of 77 people in norway two weeks ago has found ideological support in what some may consider an unlikely place: the halls of the italian parliamentmario borghezio an italian politician has termed breivik039s philosophy quotperhaps greatquot a statement for which he was suspended but not sacked by his northern league partyborghezio039s remarks and those of other right-wing italian politicians seem to indicate that mainstream political discourse in the country is moving further rightwards on the political spectrumal jazeera039s laurence lee reports from italy

twin bomb blasts kill scores in pakistan
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early morning blasts target paramilitary troops in country039s northwest killing at least 73

gulf of mexico spill takes toll on health
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two years after the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded in the gulf of mexico local residents and clean-up workers say they have developed serious illnessesthose affected blame a combination of the five million barrels of oil spilled by bp and cleaning chemicals though some have settled with the british company there are still several pending class-action lawsuits by plaintiffs who say the spill caused their illnessal jazeera039s dahr jamail reports from ocean springs mississippi

japanese artist wins new audiences
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yayoi kusama is one of japan039s best-known artists and is described many as hard working and innovativea significant figure in america039s avant-garde art movement in the 1960s she has spent the last 35 years in a psychiatric hospital in japan where she has continued to workkusama describes her art as a therapeutic necessity something she has to pursue to correct a mental disability she says began in her childhoodnow 82 kusama came to london for the opening of a major new exhibition for her workal jazeera039s jessica baldwin reports from london039s tate modern gallery

on the egyptian side of rafah
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hundreds of palestinians have crossed from the gaza strip into egypt after egypt039s interim military rulers opened the rafah border crossinglikewise palestinians living in egypt and elsewhere have taken the opportunity to cross into gaza many visiting familyal jazeera039s sue turton reporting from the egyptian side of the rafah border spoke to adrian fineghan in our doha newsroom

occupy wall street protesters march on ny stock exchange
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dozens of occupy wall street protesters have been arrested as they attempted to march onto the new york stock exchange to mark two months since the movement against corporate greed begannew york city police arrested the protesters after they refused to end a blockade of a street intersection in the city039s financial district some protesters who resisted orders to leave scuffled with the officersprotesters planned to march from zuccotti park in lower manhattan to wall street as part of a co-ordinated effort to shut down the exchange they hoped to interrupt business by preventing financial workers from reaching their officesal jazeera039s cath turner reports from new york

thousands rally in durban for climate action
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thousands of people have been taking part in a quotglobal day of actionquot in durbanthe south african city is hosting the international conference on climate changecampaigners say they are frustrated by the slow progress at the talks and are demanding more help for poorer nationsjonah hull reports

unprecedented credit cut looms for europe
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already battered by the debt crisis - almost the entire eurozone is now facing a possible credit downgrade in the next three monthsstandard and poor039s have put 15 eurozone countries - including france and germany - on a negative credit watchthe warning came just hours after leaders of both countries outlined plans to save the economyal jazeera039s jacky rowland reports from paris

talk to al jazeera - ed koch
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new york city039s former mayor says he has the answer to finding peace in the middle east

inside story - what would a new libya look like
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after more than a week of unrest thousands of libyans are still calling for the end of muammar gaddafi039s rule but the man who has led libya for more than 41 years is clinging to power what does the current political structure in libya look like and what kind of libya would emerge if gaddafi falls

iran intensifies dress crackdown
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the iranian government has launched a crackdown against western-style clothingmore than 70000 so-called quotmoral policequot officers have been deployed in the capital tehran to enforce a government approved dress codewomen will be arrested if their headscarves do not fully cover their hair or their clothes show their figures too clearlymen will be stopped for wearing necklaces or having hairstyles seen as inappropriate al jazeera039s dorsa jabbari reports from tehran