rohingya: the world039s most forgotten people - asia - al jazeera english
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more than 300000 from myanmar live in makeshift camps along its border with bangladesh as unregistered refugees

tokyo olympics officially begin under spectre of pandemic - youtube
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the opening ceremony of the summer olympic games has begun in tokyo with a blaze of white and indigo fireworks officially kicking off the quadrennial intern

russian forces launch full-scale invasion of ukraine - youtube
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russia has launched an all-out invasion of ukraine by land air and sea the biggest attack by one state against another in europe since world war ii and con

tsunami alert issued as powerful earthquake strikes western haiti - youtube
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a 72 magnitude earthquake has struck western haiti the united states geological survey said prompting a tsunami alert and damaging buildings in the disast

bahraini medical centres and schools
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activists say security forces arrested medical workers in retribution for treating protesters injured in the uprising

saudi women defy ban to take driver039s seat - middle east - al jazeera english
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several women drive around in kingdom in open defiance of rule that prohibits them from driving

obama unveils jobs plan to 039jolt039 economy - americas - al jazeera english
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us president announces 447bn unemployment-busting plan but opponents say obama has his eye on his own job prospects

al jazeera calls for bloggers to spread egypt news politics and law - cnet news
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following the closure of its cairo office by the egyptian government arab broadcaster al jazeera is asking those in egypt to use social media to get the word out about the country

dorothy039s family talk to al jazeera
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al jazeera journalist dorothy parvaz has been missing since april 29 when she travelled to syria to report on the uprising therethere have been conflicting reports about what has happened to her syrian authorities first said she was being held in damascus but syrian officials later said they had deported her to irandorothy039s father fred parvaz and todd barker her fianc spoke to al jazeera and said they hoped she was being treated quotwith dignity and respect mercy and compassionquot

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

activists rally against new s korea navy base
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peace activists and locals are protesting against the south korean government039s plans to build a new naval base on an island off the country039s south coastthe protesters in gangjeong the village in which the base is slated to be built say they are not willing to cede an inch of the village for the base which they say serves to help the us contain china039s growing military powerthe government says it will press on with the 90m project as it will allow the military to swiftly respond to any future threats from north koreaal jazeera039s harry fawcett reports from jeju island