fault lines - the top 1
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the richest 1 of us americans earn nearly a quarter of the country039s income and control an astonishing 40 of its wealth inequality in the us is more extreme than it039s been in almost a century and the gap between the super rich and the poor and middle class people has widened drastically over the last 30 yearsmeanwhile in washington a bitter partisan debate over how to cut deficit spending and reduce the us039 143 trillion dollar debt is underway as low and middle class wages stagnate and unemployment remains above 9 republicans and democrats are tussling over whether to slash funding for the medical and retirement programs that are the backbone of the us039s social safety net and whether to raise taxes or to cut them furtherthe budget debate and the economy are the battleground on which the 2012 presidential election race will be fought and the united states has never seemed so divided both politically and economicallyhow did the gap grow so wide and so quickly and how are the convictions campaign contributions and charitable donations of the top 1 impacting the other 99 of americans fault lines investigates the gap between the rich and the restthis episode of fault lines first aired on al jazeera english on august 2 2011 at 0930 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

the listening post - the midterms media players
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on this episode of the listening post we analyse the media players in the us midterm elections - old and new mainstream and alternative news and non-news plus our interview with julian assange the wikileaks editor-in-chief

greece blocks gaza flotilla
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the greek coast guard has intercepted a canadian ship which had set sail for gaza carrying activists and medicinegreece has banned an aid flotilla from leaving its ports even though the ships will be sailing into international watersal jazeera039s jamal el shayyal met the activists in athens the greek capital

the military option against libya039s gaddafi
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fighter jets aircraft carriers in the mediterranean a no-fly zone over libya and arming the rebels are all options being weighed up by the united states and its allies in the european union as a defiant libyan leader muammar gaddafi is continuing to cling onto power and is ordering airstrikes on towns and arms depotsthere appear to be two main options - both would have to be blessed by the united nations - or nato

al jazeera cameraman killed in libya
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an al jazeera cameraman has been killed in what appears to have been an ambush near the rebel-held city of benghazi in eastern libyaali hassan al jaber was returning to benghazi from a nearby town after filing a report from an opposition protest when unknown fighters opened fire on a car he and his colleagues were travelling intwo people including al jaber were shot al jaber was rushed to hospital but did not survivewadah khanfar the director-general of al jazeera said the network quotwill not remain silentquot and will pursue those behind the ambush through legal channels

gingrich accused of 039racial bias039
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newt gingrich a republican candidate for president of the united states is under attack for comments he has made this week about african americans and government benefits for the poor called food stampscritics say the comments were racially charged and that other republican candidates have made similar comments while on the campaign trailal jazeera039s tom ackerman reports from washington dc the us capital

interview: dahr jamail
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an explosion on april 20 aboard the deepwater horizon a drilling rig working on a well for the oil company bp 16km below the surface of the gulf of mexico led to the largest oil spill in historyafter a series of failed efforts to plug the leak bp said on july 15 that it had capped what it had named the macondo well marking the first time in 86 days that oil was not gushing into the gulfnearly five million barrels of oil had gushed from bp039s well according to official estimates despite the capping the impact of the spill continuesan investigation by an al jazeera online correspondent has found a growing number of toxic illnesses linked to bp oil dispersants along the gulf coastdahr jamail author of the special report told al jazeera why bp took such measuresfor details of our online correspondent039s findings including interviews with the victims of the bp oil spill go to: http:englishaljazeeranet

inside story - iraq039s fledling democracy
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both iyad allawi iraq039s former prime minister and nouri al-maliki the current prime minister of iraq have sought to discredit the general elections by alleging widespread fraud is their push for power undermining iraq039s fledgling democracy and are the people being let down by their politicians

obama to make 039major039 address
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us president set to make policy speech on middle east expected to offer aid to tunisia and egypt

people amp power - attack of the drones
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the us government039s growing reliance on aerial drones to pursue its war on al-qaeda and the taliban in yemen afghanistan and elsewhere is proving controversial as governments are increasingly relying on drones what are the consequences for civil liberties and the future of war

people amp power - osama my neighbour
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people ampamp power visited the people of abbottabad in the days after the raid that saw the capture of osama bin laden

fault lines - the high and the mighty
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this fall california will vote on fully legalising cannabis fault lines explores the implications for the economy politicians and the criminal justice system

inside story - wall street protests
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what are the root causes behind the protests in the us what do demonstrators hope to accomplish and will the us administration manage to defuse the rage guests: dean baker charlie wolf camille rivera

outrage over guwahati molestation video
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a video of a gang of young men molesting a young girl in public has shocked a nation and has sparked angry protests across the country and while four of the attackers have been apprehended some activists say the incident highlights how poorly women039s rights are taken in this countryjust this week a council of village elders in the northern state of uttar pradesh - issued a so-called diktat banning women from using mobile phones and from moving about freely even though local officials have condemned the move as illegal it039s a worrying development in the world039s largest democracy al jazeera039s soraya lennie reports from guwahati city

occupy oakland protesters attacked by riot police
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