demonstrations carry on through the night in egypt
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tens of thousands congregated in tahrir square and other parts of egypt to celebrate the imprisonment of the country039s former leader hosni mubarak shouting quotinvalid invalidquot however the people still congregating in the square as sunday morning say that the sentence on saturday in which he and his sons were also cleared of corruption charges is flawed they are condemning the court judgment saying that it has failed to find anyone directly responsible for the killings of hundreds of people during the egyptian uprising as well as for a continued lack of accountability for 30 years of abuses under the mubarak regimeal jazeera039s mike hanna reports from cairo

europe needs to find a quick eurozone solution
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eu leaders have been warned on wednesday they have 10 days to save the euro - ending withthat summit french president nicolas sarkozy isexpected tooutline his ideas in a few hours timeso what might a solution look like al jazeera039s tim friend has more

gunman on rampage in belgium
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at least five people have been killed and more than 120 others injured after a lone gunman attacked holiday shoppers in the belgian city of liegethe 33-year-old man also threw grenades into a crowded squareal jazeera039s jacky rowland reports from liege

al jazeera the stream - 19 - anonymous and the arab uprising iff-share
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this is a mirror-merge i do not own the videothe cyberactivists discuss their work and the broader global push for freedom of speech and freedom from oppressionoriginal can be found here:http:englishaljazeeranetnewsmiddleeast201105201151917634659824htmlfind your local cell at http:anonstillalivecomupload for anoniff

ibrahim sharqieh of the brookings center in doha
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al jazeera interview ibrahim sharqieh of the brookings center in doha about the possibilities for libya

rebel forces enlist to fight gaddafi
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abdul-fatah younis was formerly libya039s interior minister and head of the libyan special forceshaving renounced both his posts last week he has become one of hundreds of libyans who have taken up arms to fight muammar gaddafijacky rowland reports

tobacco firms 039foiling anti-smoking drives039
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countries around the world are marking the united nations039 global day against tobacco despite strict controls in many countries on the sale and advertising of tobacco products sales continue to remain strong and share prices continue to risethe world health organisation says that while there have been successes in forcing tobacco companies to conform to health warning regulations those companies are now undermining anti-smoking campaignsal jazeera039s laurence lee reports

039the scream039 sells for record 120m
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edvard munch039s masterpiece the scream sold for nearly 120m setting a new record as the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auctionthe vibrant pastel was conservatively estimated to sell for about 80m at sotheby039s impressionist and modern art auction in new yorkbut two determined bidders competing via telephone on wednesday emerged from an initial group of seven driving the final price to 119922500 over the course of a nearly 15-minute bidding warthe version of the scream on the block was one of four paintings executed by the scandinavian between 1893 and 1910al jazeera039s scott heidler reports from new york

gaddafi039s military capabilities
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as fighting in libya intensifies attention is now turning to the stockpile of weapons muammar gaddafi the libyan leader may have built up over four decades of rulefears over what gaddafi could have at his disposal however may well not match up with reality given that the airworthiness of his fighter jets is being questioned and that years of sanctions and neglect may have rendered much of the army039s equipment uselessal jazeera039s tim friend reports

meltdown - the men who crashed the world
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the first of a four-part investigation into a world of greed and recklessness that brought down the financial world

tahrir sq reacts to resignation
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as mubarak039s resignation is announced al jazeera switches live to tahrir square for the crowd039s reaction in central cairo

mona seif egyptian activist from inside tahrir square
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an egyptian woman gives her graphic account of the violence unleashed by mubarak039s regimeaudio via al jazeera

nato airstrikes target tripoli
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nato has once again launched airstrikes on the capital tripoli muammar gaddafi039s government says a number of civilians were killed including two children in what it called a 039deliberate targeting of houses039al jazeera039s renee odeh reports

indonesia launches 039obedient wives039 club
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a new islamic club that teaches women to be quotobedient wivesquot has just launched a branch in indonesiathe group already branches in 18 countries across the world including jordan and malaysia some critics say the club promotes gender inequality while its members argue it does not but rather endorses the duty of womensyarina hasibuan reports from jakarta indonesia039s capital where the club has attracted hundreds of members

indonesian mayor resists building of church
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christian worshipers have been forced to pray in the open air in a town in indonesia039s west java province after the town039s majority muslim population opposed the building of a churchafter losing all legal battles including a verdict from country039s highest court the mayor says he cannot allow a church to be built on a street with an islamic namethe national ombudsman has given the mayor two more weeks to implement the supreme court039s decision and let the congregation build its churchthe standoff is being seen as a national test case of religious tolerance with recent research showing a growing number of muslims are against the presence of a church in their neighbourhoodal jazeera039s step vaessen reports from bogor in west java