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powerful quake hits japan
Bookmarked 784 weeks ago an 89-magnitude earthquake struck japan039s northeastern coast around 0546 gmt on fridayit caused a four-metre tsunami in the port city of kamishi and its tremors shook buildings in the capital tokyo over 300 kilometres awaynow taiwan has issued a tsunami warningal jazeera039s laurence lee has more |
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us shooting suspect arrives in court
Bookmarked 712 weeks ago the man accused of shooting dead 12 people at a cinema in the us has madehis first appearancein court james holmes is suspected of opening fire on an audience of film-goers in the city of aurora in colorado on fridayholmes was arrested after the massacre outside the cinemaal jazeera039s patty culhane reports from washington |
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facebook comment lands atheist in jail
Bookmarked 736 weeks ago human rights activists and religious scholars in indonesia are demanding the release of a man who wrote on facebook that he did not believe in godalexander an a 31-year-old civil servant is facing five years in prison after being charged with defamation of religionhe says he started to question the existence of god when he was a childalthough the country is officially secular every indonesian has to have a religion and register himself according to one of the official five religionsal jazeera039s step vaessen reports from dharmasraya in west sumatra |
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losing the 039war on drugs039
Bookmarked 772 weeks ago forty years after us president richard nixon declared a 039war on drugs039 the global commission on drug policy declared that the war has been lost al jazeera039s cath turner reports on the losing battles in a tiring war |
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japan in energy transition
Bookmarked 771 weeks ago japan039s nuclear crisis has pushed the country to take another look at its energy policy the government plans to put solar panels on at least 10 million homes in the mean time many japanese citizens are trying to do their part to help avoid a further power crisis by conserving as much energy as possible marga ortigas reports from tokyo june 6 2011 |
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iran sentences us citizen to death 039for spying039
Bookmarked 740 weeks ago an iranian court has convicted a us man of working for the cia and sentenced him to death state radio reportediran says that amir mirzaei hekmati a former us military translator received special training and served at us military bases in iraq and afghanistan before heading to iran for his alleged intelligence missionthe radio report on monday did not say when the verdict was issued under iranian law hekmati has 20 days to appealal jazeera039s nicole johnston reports |
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romney fires back at republican rivals
Bookmarked 740 weeks ago mitt romney the frontrunner in the race to be the us republican presidential candidate fired back at his rivals after they criticised him over his tenure running the private equity firm bain capitalrival republicans newt gingrich and rick perry accused him of being a cold-blooded capitalist and of laying off workers while lining his own pockets with profit the two drawn criticism from across the republican party for their push against romney as many feel it is only giving ammunition to barack obama039s re-election campaign al jazeera039s kimberly halkett reports from washington |
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detroit on brink of bankruptcy
Bookmarked 745 weeks ago detroit was once one of america039s biggest and most productive cities millions of people had jobs in the automobile industry and the city also attracted other big businessbut for years the industry has been suffering and this week it hit a new lowcath turner reports from detroit michigan |
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oakland protester speaks to aje
Bookmarked 748 weeks ago riot-clad security forces dismantled an anti-wall street encampment in oakland california clearing out occupants and taking down tents witnesses saidprotesters appeared to put up little resistance and officers were seen leading between 20 and 25 handcuffed demonstrators away from the downtown plazaal jazeera speaks to jesse falk-finley a protester at the scene |
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occupy wall streeters set sights on sotheby039s
Bookmarked 752 weeks ago the auction house sotheby039s has become the latest target of new york039s 039occupy wall street039 protestersthe demonstrators are showing support for striking art handlers who say the auction house wants to cut their pay - despite reportedly selling 3billion worthof art in the first half of this year aloneal jazeera039s cath turner reports from new york |
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eu 039agrees039 on plan to bolster banks
Bookmarked 751 weeks ago european leaders are heading to brussels for sunday039s summit on the debt crisisa greek default would jeopardise the future of the euro - andthe greek prime ministersaysthe decisions taken over the next few days will be crucialas the politiciansargue more people have been on the streets to protestal jazeera039s peter sharp reports |
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why saudi arabia wants qatar to shut al jazeera the new york times
Bookmarked 455 weeks ago saudi arabia and other persian gulf nations have called on qatar to shut down al jazeera but saudi disdain for the news network is nothing newread the story here: http:nytims2svylchsubscribe to the times video newsletter for free and get a handpicked selection of the best videos from the new york times every week: http:bitlytimesvideonewslettersubscribe on youtube: http:bitlyu8ys7nwatch more videos at: http:nytimescomvideo---------------------------------------------------------------want more from the new york timestwitter: https:twittercomnytvideoinstagram: http:instagramcomnytvideofacebook: https:wwwfacebookcomnytvideogoogle: https:plusgooglecomnytimeswhether it039s reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions at home or covering the latest style trends and scientific developments new york times video journalists provide a revealing and unforgettable view of the world it039s all the news that039s fit to watch on youtubewh |
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libya039s rebels under fire
Bookmarked 782 weeks ago anti-gaddafi fighters have found themselves outgunned on the road from benghazi to ajdabiya with no communication facilities and little structure to their forces they are left to run sporadic raids against gaddafi039s troops before coming under fire and returningal jazeera039s james bays reports from the front line and comes under fire himself to describe the scene on the road to ajdabiya |
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us man admits he is 039syrian gay girl039 blogger
Bookmarked 770 weeks ago human rights campaigners have reacted furiously after a us student based in scotland unmasked himself as the author of the quotgay girl in damascusquot blogs which charted the security crackdown in syriatom macmaster a 40 year-old edinburgh university masters student admitted that he was quotamina abdallah arrafquot who had described herself as a syrian political bloggeral jazeera039s jonah hull reports |