violence continues in syria as observers arrive in syria
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a group of arab league officials has arrived in the syrian capital damascusthey are preparing the way for a larger group of observers who will monitor the implementation of an arab league plan to stop the violence in syriabut activists say at least 24 people have been killed on thursday alone across idlib hama homs deraa and latakia idlib has experienced some of the worst violence about 111 people have been killed there since mondayal jazeera039s zeina khodr reports from hatay across the border in southern turkey

libya update
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al jazeera039s tony birtley reporting from benghazi has the latest on the developing situation in libya

my time in syrian secret prisons - dorothy parvaz
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dorothy parvaz: inside syria039s secret prisons: quotwe could clearly hear the interrogator pummelling his fists into his subjectquot quot i was standing in two fist-sized pools of smeared sticky blood trying to sort out why there were seven angry syrians yelling at me only one of them - who i came to know as mr shut up during my three days in a detention center where so many syrians 039disappeared039 are being keptquothttp:englishaljazeeranetindepthopinion2011052011518184325620380html

oil spill on us river
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disaster and emergency relief officials are attempting to contain environmental damage caused by a ruptured oil pipeline in the us state of montana150000 litres of crude oil spilled into the yellowstone river as a result of the leak and there are reports of oil 160km downstream from where the spill occuredal jazeera039s john terrett reports

al jazeera world - songs of war
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the film songs of war explores the relationship between music and violencethe film039s main protagonist is christopher cerf the award-winning musician is a composer for sesame street a popular american children039s educational series

tear gas used on occupy protesters in oakland
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police in riot gear have clashed with more than 1000 protesters attempting to march on to oakland039s city hall to condemn arrests made at an quotoccupy wall streetquot campwitnesses say the police used stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the crowds away from a plaza in oakland039s business districtmeanwhile an iraq war veteran is in a critical condition as he was hit on the head with a projectile fired by the policeal jazeera039s kimberly halkett reports

bush vs shoe
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who throws a shoe honestly play the game at http:duckbushduckcom

my baba is shaheedhellip i wish he took us with him orphan child in syria quotes 4 life quotings - youtube
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my baba is shaheedhellip i wish he took us with him orphan child in syria quotes 4 life quotingsthe words of an orphan child in syria she goes to bed cold amp

soldier in afghan shooting to face us court
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the lawyer defending a us soldier accused of killing 16 afghans says that there is little hard evidence against his clientjohn henry browne says that staff sergeant robert bales cannot remember much about the night of the shooting and that there is little evidence that could stand up in court against himal jazeera039s alan fisher reports from washington dc the us capital

inside story americas - forced sterlisation: time for compensation
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tens of thousands were forcibly sterilised throughout the 20th century across the us as they were deemed quotfeeble mindedquot and quotinappropriate candidatesquot for reproductionin 1927 the supreme court upheld state statues permitting compulsory sterilisation in the quotbuck versus bellquot decisionthe supreme court ruling which nazis at the nuremberg trials cited in their defence has never been expressly overturned

hulu - the colbert report: tue mar 22 2011 - watch the full episode now
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video description: al-jazeera middle east correspondent ayman mohyeldin discusses his coverage of the region

donald rumsfeld puts al jazeera interviewer in his place after being berated
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al jazeera muslim brotherhood subsidiary interviewer interrogates donald rumsfeld donald did not like the guy taking control or trying to pigeon hole him so he turns the interview around to get some control back

listening post - bahrain: below the radar
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on this week039s show: bahrain - a small kingdom cracking down on the media in a big way plus a look at state media in post-revolution egypt

nuns on the bus cause a fuss
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a group of roman catholic nuns that have been travelling across the us in a bus have been preaching a message of social justice and campaigning against spending cuts for the poor arriving at their final destination washington dc they have targetting mostly republican members of congress who are in favour of deep cuts in social programs to balance the debt-laden us budget but the drive has been accused of being too politically partisan and has also raised the ire of the vatican al jazeera039s john terrett explains

chile rising
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chilean students have taken over schools and city streets in the largest protests the country has seen in decadesthese actions are causing a political crisis for the country039s billionaire president sebastian pierathe students are demanding free education and an end to the privatization of their schools and universities the free-market based approach to education was implemented by the military dictator augusto pinochet in his last days in poweras the demonstrations in chile coincide with protests erupting globally fault lines follows the chilean student movement during their fight in a country that is among the most unequal in the worldthis episode of fault lines first aired on al jazeera english on january 2 2012 at 2230 gmthttp:englishaljazeeranetprogrammesfaultlinesfollow us on twitter: http:twittercomajfaultlinesfollow us on facebook: http:facebookcomajfaultlinesfollow us on tumblr: http:ajfaultlinestumblrcomsee all episodes of fault lines: http:wwwyoutubecomshowfaultlinesmeet the fault lines staff: http:wwwyoutubecomplaylistp=pl2a3a165068a8a650