twin bomb blasts kill scores in pakistan
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early morning blasts target paramilitary troops in country039s northwest killing at least 73

gulf of mexico spill takes toll on health
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two years after the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded in the gulf of mexico local residents and clean-up workers say they have developed serious illnessesthose affected blame a combination of the five million barrels of oil spilled by bp and cleaning chemicals though some have settled with the british company there are still several pending class-action lawsuits by plaintiffs who say the spill caused their illnessal jazeera039s dahr jamail reports from ocean springs mississippi

japanese artist wins new audiences
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yayoi kusama is one of japan039s best-known artists and is described many as hard working and innovativea significant figure in america039s avant-garde art movement in the 1960s she has spent the last 35 years in a psychiatric hospital in japan where she has continued to workkusama describes her art as a therapeutic necessity something she has to pursue to correct a mental disability she says began in her childhoodnow 82 kusama came to london for the opening of a major new exhibition for her workal jazeera039s jessica baldwin reports from london039s tate modern gallery

tonga turns to alternative energy
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the environmental cost of burning fossil fuels is often used as the main reason to switch to alternative energy to generate powerin the south pacific nation of tonga it is the cost of diesel that has made renewable energy more attractive in recent yearsas al jazeera039s stephanie scawen reports from nuku039alofa the high price of power is forcing the entire country to change the way it uses electricity

on the egyptian side of rafah
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hundreds of palestinians have crossed from the gaza strip into egypt after egypt039s interim military rulers opened the rafah border crossinglikewise palestinians living in egypt and elsewhere have taken the opportunity to cross into gaza many visiting familyal jazeera039s sue turton reporting from the egyptian side of the rafah border spoke to adrian fineghan in our doha newsroom

occupy wall street protesters march on ny stock exchange
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dozens of occupy wall street protesters have been arrested as they attempted to march onto the new york stock exchange to mark two months since the movement against corporate greed begannew york city police arrested the protesters after they refused to end a blockade of a street intersection in the city039s financial district some protesters who resisted orders to leave scuffled with the officersprotesters planned to march from zuccotti park in lower manhattan to wall street as part of a co-ordinated effort to shut down the exchange they hoped to interrupt business by preventing financial workers from reaching their officesal jazeera039s cath turner reports from new york

thousands rally in durban for climate action
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thousands of people have been taking part in a quotglobal day of actionquot in durbanthe south african city is hosting the international conference on climate changecampaigners say they are frustrated by the slow progress at the talks and are demanding more help for poorer nationsjonah hull reports

unprecedented credit cut looms for europe
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already battered by the debt crisis - almost the entire eurozone is now facing a possible credit downgrade in the next three monthsstandard and poor039s have put 15 eurozone countries - including france and germany - on a negative credit watchthe warning came just hours after leaders of both countries outlined plans to save the economyal jazeera039s jacky rowland reports from paris

syrian protesters capture own death on camera
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an internet video from syria captures the moment the man behind the camera is shot by a sniperthe incident allegedly happened last friday when hundreds of thousands took to the streets across the country demanding syrian president bashar al-assad039s ouststephanie dekker reports

gaddafi: tripoli residents must 039cleanse039 libyan capital
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muammar gaddafi039s compound has been over-run most of tripoli is controlled by rebel forces and his whereabouts are still unknownhowever the libyan leader remains defiantin an audio address just hours after rebels stormed into his bab al aziziya compound after several hours of heavy gunfire and intense battles he called on residents of tripoli to cleanse the city of what he calls quotratsquot

talk to jazeera - saif al-islam
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saif al-islam one of muammar gaddafi039s sons has been the public face of the libyan regime since the unrest in the country began he has accused the international media including al jazeera of blowing the crisis out of proportion in an interview with al jazeera039s anita mcnaught he repeated the allegation and claimed that the west was trying to take over libya039s oil

gaddafi son in libyan rebel custody
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two of muammar gaddafi039s sons are now in the custody of libyan rebelsearlier al jazeera spoke to mohammad gaddafi after he had surrendered there was the sound of gunfire before the phone line went downbut the head of the opposition national transitional council told al jazeera he was not hurt

following bombed kids nbc pulls reporter for reporting truth
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quotayman mohyeldin the nbc news correspondent who personally witnessed yesterday039s killing by israel of four palestinian boys on a gazan beach and who has received widespread praise for his brave and innovative coverage of the conflict has been told by nbc executives to leave gaza immediately according to an nbc source upset at his treatment the executives claimed the decision was motivated by quotsecurity concernsquot as israel prepares a ground invasion a claim repeated to me by an nbc executive but late yesterday nbc sent another correspondent richard engel along with an american producer who has never been to gaza and speaks no arabic into gaza to cover the ongoing israeli assault both mohyeldin and engel speak arabicmohyeldin is an egyptian-american with extensive experience reporting on that region he has covered dozens of major middle east events in the last decade for cnn nbc and al jazeera english where his reporting on the 2008 israeli assault on gaza made him a star of the network nbc aggressively pursued him to leave al jazeera paying him far more than the standard salary for its on-air correspondentsquot the young turks host cenk uygur breaks it downread more here from glenn greenwald the intercept:https:firstlookorgtheintercept20140717nbc-removes-ayman-mohyeldin-gaza-coverage-witnesses-israeli-beach-killing-four-boys

salil shetty on egypt protests
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amnesty international039s secretary general disappointed by military failure to protect protesters

china marks 90th anniversary of communism
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the chinese communist party is celebrating its 90th anniversary under its founder mao zedong policies like the cultural revolution and the great leap forward resulted in the deaths of millions of peoplenonetheless mao is still revered and his home town has become a major tourist attractional jazeera039s melissa chan reports from hunan province in china