british economy mass employment decline
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the british conservative party is holding its annual conference this weekbritain has been pursuing an aggressive cuts policy but opponents and now some party insiders are asking whether there are any ideas on how to grow the economyal jazeera039s laurence lee reports from manchester

rare footage shows gaddafi troops patrolling ajdabiya
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amateur footage acquired by al jazeera shows troops loyal to longtime libyan leader muammar gaddafi patrolling ajdabiya in mid-march when they controlled the town gaddafi039s troops are rarely seen in action outside of the front lines and on government-sponsored trips provided to journalists in the westthe men can be seen questioning residents - some of whom wave green pro-gaddafi flags - driving convoys of heavy rocket launchers and waving their weapons in other clips provided to al jazeera they can be seen calling on youth to come out from their houses and arresting them and in one scene a soldier tells his commander by radio that he needs to capture rebel vehicles to take their ammunition

russia builds first floating nuclear plant
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russia is building the world039s first floating nuclear power plant for mass productionthe plant is designed to create enough electricity for 45000 people and will have the added ability to purify sea water into fresh waterbut the plan is drawing criticism from environmental groupsal jazeera039s neave barker gained rare access to the first of several plants being built in russia039s st petersburg

cia hacking raises new concerns
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the attack on the public website of the cia has raised concerns about cyber security in washington the intelligence agency said no confidential information was ever at risk but the incident is the latest in a spate of high-profile attacks on targets such as the imf us congress citigroup sony and googleal jazeera039s tom ackerman reports

france and germany agree on aid for greece
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germany and france have put on a show of unity to to resolve greece039s debt crisis meeting in berlin the french president nicolas sarkozy and german chancellor angela merkel agreed on the need for a new bailout package for the country they also offered words of support to the greek governmental jazeera039s nick spicer reports from berlin

039uncontacted039 tribe found in brazil039s amazon
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researchers in brazil say they have found one of the world039s last uncontacted tribes in a remote corner of the amazon forest aerial pictures revealed by the brazilian government039s agency of indigenous affairs funai show four large thatched huts fully surrounded by various crops in the vale do javari region aloysio guapindaia a funai director also said they would work to keep the tribe isolated and safe the tribe is thought to belong to the pano linguistic group that straddles the border between brazil peru and boliviagabriel elizondo reports from sao paulo brazil039s capital

quotnon-stopquot gunfire in libya039s capital
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shortly after seif gaddafi the son of libya039s longtime leader warned in a sunday-night speech that the country would descend into quotcivil warquot if protests continued a libyan american spoke with his brother in tripoli who described intense combat in the capital where anti-government protesters were attacked after taking the main square

talk to al jazeera - slavoj zizek
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the slovenian philosopher and critical theorist he talks to al jazeera about the momentous changes taking place in the global financial and political system

african albinos killed for body organs - 23 jul 09
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five men in burundi have been jailed for their part in the murder of 11 albinos whose body organs were sold for witchcraftsome witch doctors claim the body parts of albinos bring good luck in love life and businessal jazeera039s yvonne ndge meets albinos who live in hiding in fear of being murdered because of their condition

zeina khodr reports live from tripoli
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al jazeera correspondent zeina khodr reports live from the green square in tripoli as residents celebrate the opposition fighters039 gains against gaddafi forces in the libyan capital

files: americans aid gaddafi in rebel fight
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secret libyan documents reveal how americans were trying to help gaddafi beat the revolution: an al jazeera exclusivethe us has played a key role in the battle to end muammar gaddafi039s rule over libya but al jazeera uncovers evidence that influential americans have been trying to help gaddafi cling to powerone is a member of congress - the other is a former ambassadorthe documents were found in the offices of libyan intelligence the building was abandoned as libyan fighters took over tripolial jazeera039s jamal el shi-yal has this exclusive report

mass arrests in bahrain government crackdown
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al jazeera investigates the disappearances of shias in government crackdown on pro-democracy protests

al jazeera speaks to presidentof bahrain centre for human rights about bici report
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al jazeera speaks to nabeel rajab presidentof thebahrain centre for human rightsin comments to al jazeera rajab said violence is continuing in bahrain and that the bahrain independent commission of inquiry bici report is unlikely to cause a drastic shift in the persian-gulf kingdom039s handling of on-going protestsrajab also went on to say that the abuse against protesters being investigated was likely dictated from top ministries and not just a few policemen

al jazeera reporter describes clashes in bahrain
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a funeral march outside the bahraini capital turned violent on friday night as young protesters took to the main boudaia highway and confronted security officers who fired tear gas sound grenades and rubber bulletsthe march estimated by al jazeera039s reporter in bahrain to number at least 10000 at its height memorialized ahmed jaber al-qattan a 16-year-old shia protester killed by a bird shot blast on thursday nightour correspondent said security forces used tear gas in continued confrontations with protesters in villages later at night

situation dire in east african refugee camps
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in drought-hit horn of africa countries refugees are seeking food and water in neighbouring countries as conditions deterioratereporting from the dolo ado transit camp near the border between somalia and ethiopia al jazeera039s peter greste said the situation is a quotgood deal worsequot than in kenyaquotit takes three solid days of driving over terrible roads to get here from addis ababa and that039s where the main supplies are having to come fromquot he saidgreste said that sometimes somalis have to walk almost quot50km on foot between watering holesquot quotwhen they leave their home in somalia they are already deeply malnourished and yet this remains an attractive place for them a better alternativequotthe people in the refugee camps in ethiopia are also quotpredominantly somalis and they039re having to walk their way through the conflict zones though a lot of the rebel postsquot greste saidquota lot of the people are telling us the the al-shabab rebels are intercepting refugees as they try to cross they039re telling them that they really shouldn039t be comingquot