occupy oakland protesters
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revealed: kim jong-un the schoolboy
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ever wonder what it is like to go to school with a dictator039s son marco imhof knows according to him he attended school in switzerland with kim jong-un the youngest son of the north korean leader kim jong-il and claims there was a fair amount of quottrash talkquot or competitive banter when they played basketball togetheral jazeera039s exclusive report reveals that among a group of teenage students one boy who went by the name quotpak unquot had an extraordinary secret - the future heir to the world039s only hereditary totalitarian dictatorshipimhof underlines the normality of the early years of a man who may assume one of the most powerful and dangerous positions in the worldlittle is known about the children of kim jong-il but information has been trickling out since early last year when the first signs emerged that kim jong-un was being groomed for the leadership

drugs seized in brazil crackdown
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police in brazil have discovered 10 tons of marijuana after battling drug dealers in the country039s sprawling slums in rio de janeirothey are also searching for hundreds of traffickers who are believed to have fled sunday039s raid on one of the city039s most dangerous slumspublic health officials say about 50 people most of them suspected drug traffickers were killed in the weeklong operation gabriel elizondo was there when police made one of their biggest seizures

fault lines - puerto rico: the fiscal experiment
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dozens of university students are arrested for demonstratingagainst a tuition hike but puerto rico gov luis fortunoremains steadfast in charging students more to help close a32 billion budget gap the students039 fight is representativeof a larger debate in puerto rico and in the us about howto solve a severe budget crisis -- and at what cost govfortuno a hawkish fiscal conservative laid off 20000government workers in 2009 and suspended all labornegotiations just like governors on the us mainland aredoing today but two years later puerto rico039s labor unions are still scrambling to reorganize a largely unemployed population -- nearly 17 percent puerto rico is in its fifth year of recession and expected to be the world039s slowest growing economy if its situation doesn039t improve at question is the degree of economic and social responsibility the us has to its commonwealth state fault lines travels to puerto rico to investigate america039s legacy as the island039s ruler and the harsh economic policies that are being imposed on the people who live therethis episode of fault lines quotpuerto rico: the fiscal experimentquot first aired june 27 2011 on al jazeera englishhttp: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

analysis on algeria and yemen
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so will governments in both algeria and yemen face the same sort of uprising as in tunisia and egyptmichael binyon a foreign affairs specialist for the times newspaper in london tells al jazeera that while yemen039s government may face pressure the situation in algeria is different

inside story - is the search over for higgs boson
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for decades scientists have searched for an elusive particle something that would help explain how the universe began and how it carries onthe main development is that scientists working at the cern facility in switzerland say they have now discovered evidence of this new subatomic particle which is sometimes called the 039god particle039it took scientists more than 15 years to build a massive detector underground which captures images of what happens when protons collidethey have found proof of the existence of what looks like the higgs boson: a crucial particle which helps explain how the universe came to be -- and therefore the stars planets and human life

slavery: a 21st century evil - bridal slaves
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in the midst of widespread poverty fueled by economic inequality and rampant corruption a new form of slavery - bridal slavery - has flourished in india women and young girls are sold for as little as 120 to men who often abuse them

fault lines - the us and the new middle east: the gulf
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fault lines039 seb walker travels to the gulf to look at us policy in the region and to explore why the united states has taken an interventionist policy in libya but not in bahrain where there has been a brutal crackdown on protesters why does the white house strongly back democracy in one arab country but not anotherfault lines travelled to bahrain to hear from those who hadbeen protesting to ask them what they think about the lack of real us pressure on their country039s rulers the country is also home to the us 5th fleet where fault lines gained exclusive access to the uss ronald reagan an american aircraft carrier deployed in the arabian gulfthe film traces america039s response to the protests in bahrain and saudi arabia and examines how the stability of oil prices the steady supply of crude and concerns over iran have affected america039s responsethis episode of fault lines quotthe us and the new middle east: the gulfquot first aired on al jazeera english july 25 2011 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

ptsd - the war within
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out of two million us soldiers who have served in afghanistan and iraq psychiatrists estimate that one in three may at some point develop post-traumatic stress disorder ptsd it is the story of five american soldiers stricken with ptsd one is on trial for murder two committed suicide and two others are still in the army struggling to get treatment

riz khan - is social media driving reform in the arab world
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what impact will tunisia039s popular uprising have on neighbouring countries and could social media become the driving force for political reform in the arab world riz khan talks to sami ben gharbia the co-founder of the tunisian website nawaatorg nasser weddady the outreach director at the american islamic congress where he promotes civil rights through social media and wael abbas an egyptian blogger and activist who regularly reports on corruption

bahrain039s army deliberately kills peaceful protesters with live rounds automatic weapon flv
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bahrain039s army deliberately kills peaceful protesters with live rounds automatic weapon

counting the cost - the economic battle for egypt
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as cairo and its people come under attack we explore life under hosni mubarak039s regime - the numbers and the analysis we also look at the knock-on effects as one of the world039s important oil routes comes under pressure and the price per barrel rockets and we ask: can israel039s economy weather the battle for its closest middle east ally

frost over the world - fifa: 039crisis what crisis039
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the governing body of world football is mired in allegations of corruption but with the now immortal words quotcrisis what is a crisisquot the president of fifa sepp blatter secured the overwhelming support of delegates to continue in the job for another four years nick xenophon an australian senator and david davies a former executive director of the english fa join the show to discuss the state of fifa plus does the arab spring still have the momentum of full-scale revolution as fighting continues to escalate in yemen and syria with the embattled presidents struggling to hold on to their respective countries sami alfaraj from the kuwait centre for strategic studies gives an overview of the situation in the region and sir david frost talks to fred karger the us039 first openly gay presidential candidate from a major political party about why he is not a one-issue political lightweight

introducing the youtube us election hub
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catch all of the live and on-demand moments of the 2012 us election season at http:wwwyoutubecompolitics the elections hub is your one-stop shop for convention speeches debates and election night results plus partner coverage from abc news the new york times the wall street journal phil defranco univision al jazeera and buzzfeed

baltimore: anatomy of an american city
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the election of the first black us president offered hope to millions of african americans across the country but have four years of an obama presidency seen positive change for black communities in the us039 inner cities fault lines039 sebastian walker spends time with those on the front lines of the failed drug war to understand some fundamental dynamics of race poverty incarceration and economic truths in the us in an election year