rome 039occupy039 protest turns violent
Bookmarked 752 weeks ago
violence has broken out in rome as tens of thousands nicknamed quotthe indignantquot have marched in european cities in protest against capitalism and austerity measuresas the quotoccupy wall streetquot protests took place across the globe on saturday some protesters in rome smashed shop windows torched cars and attacked news crewsblack smoke billowed into the air in downtown rome as a small group of violent protesters broke away from the main demonstration they smashed car windows set vehicles on fire and assaulted two news crews of sky italia the tv station reported others burned italian and eu flagsal jazeera039s claudio lavanga reports from rome the italian capital

fighting back in libya039s media war
Bookmarked 785 weeks ago
with state television in libya reporting that the situation in the country is normal anti-government activists have taken to creating their own media outlets to get their message outseveral activists in the opposition stronghold of benghazi have set up a radio station getting updates from protesters on the ground and disseminating them to the wider publical jazeera039s hoda abdel-hamid reports from benghazi eastern libya

man undergoes full face transplant
Bookmarked 729 weeks ago
fifteen years after gunshot wounds left him permanently disfigured an american man has been given a new face in what doctors have hailed to be the most extensive face transplant ever attemptedrichard norris was accidentally shot in the face almost 15 years ago although he survived the shot he has been hiding behind a mask ever since too ashamed to show what is left of his facehe has recently undergone surgery at the university of maryland where surgeons performed a full face transplant other than the new face which was provided by an anonymous donor surgeons also gave norris a new tongue teeth and jaw in the 36 hour operational jazeera039s stefanie dekker reports

egyptian women march against military rule
Bookmarked 743 weeks ago
egyptian women have led a rally in cairo against the army039s treatment of female protestersthousands took to the streets demanding the military be held accountable for their abuse of womenon saturday a woman was stripped and badly beaten by egyptian security forces in an incident that was captured on camera and met with outrage around the worldal jazeera039s sherine tadros reports from tahrir square

us invasion leaves lasting iraq scars
Bookmarked 740 weeks ago
the us has fully withdrawn all combats troops from iraq ending its occupation after nearly a decadebut the chemical effects of us bombardments continue to harm the future of the iraqi peopleal jazeera039s omar al saleh reports from the iraqi city of fallujah where residents accuse the us of leaving behind a poisonous legacy apparent at childrens039 births

arab league to mull sanctions against syria
Bookmarked 747 weeks ago
the arab league will meet to discuss economic sanctions against the syrian government on saturdaythe group039s latest ultimatum - to allow observers into syria - was dismissed by syrian president bashar al-assad meanwhile more people were killed in protests across the country on fridayal jazeera039s zeina khodr reports from beirut

people amp power - the koch brothers
Bookmarked 751 weeks ago
tycoon duos behind an ununderground campaign to swing the balance of us power for republicans

ayman mohyeldin: what mubarak039s departure means to me
Bookmarked 787 weeks ago
ayman mohyeldin al jazeera correspondent in cairo gives his personal reaction to the egyptian revolution and the downfall of hosni mubarak

more towns fall to anti-gaddafi forces
Bookmarked 785 weeks ago
the libyan capital appears to be a lonely outpost for supporters of muammar gaddafi as the anti-gaddafi camp gains control of more citiesthe areas reported to be now under control of anti-government forces include az-zawiya misurata benghazi and al baidaaccording to reports the country039s second most important military airport not far from benghazi has fallen to the protesters meanwhile military personnel say they have joined the people039s revolution and private jets and civilian aircraft at the al banin airport were seen groundedwith more on the opposition039s growing area of control al jazeera039s jacky rowland reports from the eastern city of benghazi

039hypersonic039 aircraft put to the test
Bookmarked 709 weeks ago
the us air force planned a key test of an experimental aircraft designed to fly at six times the speed of sound or about 6500kphthe unmanned x-51a waverider the military039s latest attempt at hypersonic flight was expected to reach mach 6 after it is dropped by a b-52 bomber and takes flight off the southern california coastengineers hoped the x-51a would sustain its top speed for five minutes twice as long as it has gone beforethe x-51a waverider could become the basis for much faster commercial flights and a new tool for military useal jazeera039s mark orchard reports

new evidence of torture in west papua
Bookmarked 790 weeks ago
a shocking new video which shows tunaliwor kiwo a west papuan farmer being tortured allegedly by government forces suggests that indonesia039s dark past continues to live on in some parts of the country this report from al jazeera039s step vaessen contains some disturbing images

thaksin039s sister leads thai polls
Bookmarked 768 weeks ago
a week remains before thailand votes in general elections opinion polls show the largest opposition party pheu thai leading the ruling democratsthe party is led yingluck shinawatra the sister of ousted former prime minister thaksin shinawatra but there still remains the question of the army which has staged or attempted 18 coups in the past most recently in 2006that was when it removed thaksin who was later convicted of corruption and abuse of powersome believe the army will intervene again to prevent the party thaksin controls from exile taking officeal jazeera039s wayne hay caught up with yingluck in khon kaen province in northeast thailand

future uncertain for libyan refugees in italy
Bookmarked 768 weeks ago
italian authorities are struggling to deal with an influx of refugees from libyamore than 15000 refugees have arrived in italy since the conflict began in libya in februarya vast majority of them are migrant workers under a political asylum status they can legally stay in italy without it they will be deportedtheir legal status is however unclear and their future hangs in the balance al jazeera039s casey kauffman reports from la spezia italy

al jazeera world - staying human
Bookmarked 751 weeks ago
a documentary about vittorio arrigoni the italian peace activist who was passionate about helping the palestinian people he moved to gaza in 2008 to work for ism he was kidnapped and killed by a salafi group in april 2011

iraq039s child prodigy
Bookmarked 796 weeks ago
iraq039s youngest photographer was born in the same year his country was invaded by the united states but the young man known as the boy wonder refuses to take any pictures of the violence that surrounds him al jazeera039s rawya rageh reports from baghdad