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china marks 90th anniversary of communism
Bookmarked 752 weeks ago 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 |
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israel and greece forge closer ties - europe - al jazeera english
Bookmarked 752 weeks ago as israel039s relationship with turkey has soured its relations with greece have grown stronger |
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shooting the messenger - 14 jun 08 - part 4
Bookmarked 734 weeks ago this documentary on the deliberate killing and intimidation of journalists in conflict zones examines how international reporters became targets |
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millions rally to oust mubarak
Bookmarked 773 weeks ago more than a million protesters flooded into central cairo turning tahrir square in the egyptian capital into a sea of humanity as massive protests against president hosni mubarak swept across middle east039s most populous nationpacked shoulder to shoulder in and around the famed tahrir square the mass of people on tuesday held aloft posters denouncing the president and chanted slogans quotgo mubarak goquot and quotleave leave leavequot similar demonstrations calling on mubarak to step down were also witnessed across other cities including sinai alexandria suez mansoura damnhour arish tanta and el-mahalla el-kubrafor the latest on egypt go to: http:englishaljazeeranet |
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radiation fears over japanese food
Bookmarked 766 weeks ago radiation is still leaking from the fukushima nuclear site in japan and spreading to other areasin tokyo the capital radiation levels are now reportedly 10 times higher than on mondaythe world health organisation has urged authorities to stop the sale of any contaminated food andrew thomas reports from tanohata village in northern japan |
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libyan aircraft bomb ras lanuf
Bookmarked 768 weeks ago libyan military aircraft piloted by officers loyal to muammar gaddafi the embattled leader of the country have bombed targets in the rebel-held oil town of ras lanufthe attacks are the latest in a series of counter-offensives by gaddafi039s military against anti-government forces which also include members of the military who refuse to recognise gaddafi039s authorityal jazeera039s lawrence lee reports on the latest developments in the country |
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fault lines - outsourced: clinical trials overseas
Bookmarked 750 weeks ago us pharmaceutical companies have moved their operations overseas over the course of the past decade instead of testing trial medicines on americans more and more of these tests are being carried out on poor people in faraway places russia china brazil poland uganda and romania are all hot spots for what is called clinical research or clinical trials now employing crosor clinical research organizationsthe industry is big business worth as much as 30 billion us dollars todayone country has experienced a boom like no other in this industry--india spoken english an established medical infrastructure welcome attitudes toward foreign industry and most importantly legions of poor illiterate test subjects that are willing to try out new drugs have transformed the indian landscape into a massive testing ground for pharmaceuticals fault lines039 zeina awad travels to india to see what the clinical research practices look like on the ground what role are the us regulatory bodies playing in overseeing the trials are participants aware that they are taking part in a clinical trial is the testing being held up against international ethical standardshttp:englishaljazeeranetprogrammesfaultlinesfollow us on twitter: http:twittercomajfaultlinesfollow us on facebook: http:facebookcomajfaultlinesfollow us on tumblr: http:ajfaultlinestumblrcomsee all episodes of fault lines: http:wwwyoutubecomshowfaultliness=2010meet the fault lines staff: http:wwwyoutubecomplaylistp=pl2a3a165068a8a650 |
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people amp power - drug money
Bookmarked 784 weeks ago people ampamp power investigates fraud and corruption running through the veins of the us pharmaceutical industry |
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frost over the world - julian assange
Bookmarked 779 weeks ago the wikileaks founder talks about secrets leaks and why he will not go back to sweden |
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russia battles racism in football - europe - al jazeera english
Bookmarked 744 weeks ago russia considers banning bananas at games as they have become symbols of increasing racism on the football pitch |
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gaddafi loses more libyan cities
Bookmarked 770 weeks ago while the international community pushes for sanctions against libya over muammar gaddafi039s brutal crackdown - his son saif al-islam says everything is normalhe says the problem lies in the eastern regions in the city of tobruk close to the egyptian border there is no presence of security forces the province of cyrenaica is also in the hands of pro-democracy protesters according to franco frattini italy039s foreign minister and it is the same situation in the western city of misurata where army officers have reportedly thrown their weight behind calls for gaddafi to gotripoli is said to be on virtual lockdown - it has always been gaddafi039s stronghold al jazeera039s charles stratford reports |
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people amp power - blood and dust
Bookmarked 764 weeks ago award-winning filmmaker vaughan smith spent 10 days with a us medevac helicopter unit in afghanistan |
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working man039s death - heroes
Bookmarked 758 weeks ago an unflinching portrait of physical work in the 21st century 039heroes039 looks at freelance miners in ukraine who spend long days crawling through cramped shafts of exhausted coal mines to dig out a living for themselves |
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turkey suspends israel defence and trade ties - middle east - al jazeera english
Bookmarked 742 weeks ago erdogan halts trade military and defence ties after israel039s refusal to apologise over gaza flotilla attack |