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Polish cities shrink as struggling residents emigrate
- Published_at:2015-04-03
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- description: Populations in some cities in Poland are shrinking at an alarming rate. The World Bank says dwindling birth rates, emigration and a lack of jobs are having a devastating impact on eastern Europe. In response, the European Union announced an aid...
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Thousands of Roma made homeless in Romania
- Published_at:2014-12-20
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- description: Up to 50 thousand people have been made homeless in Romania over the recent years. The government has been handing back properties previously seized under the communist regime. Often it is the minority Roma people who are evicted. Al Jazeera’s...
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Ukraine's factories turned into military workshops
- Published_at:2014-11-01
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- description: Several factories in Donetsk have closed down and have been abandoned by their owners due to the conflict. Separatists have captured some of these factories and turned them into mililtary workshops, where tanks are cleaned and repaired , and armoured...
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Somalia tries to sway Al-Shabab stronghold
- Published_at:2014-10-07
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- description: Somali forces have called on the people of Barawe to support the government, now that it's back in control of the southern town. The port had been a stronghold of the armed group Al Shabab for six years. Al Jazeera's Catherine Soi reports from...
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The Stream - Taiwan's 'sunflower movement' wary of Chinese ties
- Published_at:2014-03-31
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- description: Follow The Stream on Al Jazeera: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201403311140-0023599 YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/show/thestream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/ajstream GOOGLE+...
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Inside Story - The plight of African migrants in Israel
- Published_at:2014-01-10
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- description: Are policies towards asylum seekers a legitimate stand against undocumented immigrants or a violation of human rights?
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101 East - Scars of Sri Lanka
- Published_at:2013-12-27
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- description: Despite government claims of peace, torture and abductions continue to be used to stifle ethnic and political dissent.
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Tamil party sweeps Sri Lanka's regional vote
- Published_at:2013-09-22
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- description: Sri Lanka's main Tamil party has scored a landslide victory in the first semi-autonomous council elections in the island's north after decades of civil war. The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) swept all five districts in the Northern Provincial Council...
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The Stream - New Zealand: Safer under surveillance?
- Published_at:2013-08-27
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- description: Updated domestic surveillance law creates concern for many New Zealanders.
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Al Jazeera talks to Wesley Clark on Syria crisis
- Published_at:2013-08-26
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- description: Al Jazeera talks to former US General Wesley Clark on the Syrian crisis and the possibility of US military action. Clark was NATO's supreme allied commander in 1998 and 1999 at the time of the Kosovo war. He says a military solution in Syria...
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Footage suggests live ammunition use in Egypt
- Published_at:2013-08-18
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- description: New footage has emerged from the Egyptian city of Ismailiya, purporting to show protesters from the ousted President Mohamed Morsi camp being shot at by the military. Demonstrators can be seen turning away as shots are fired on marchers from tanks....
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India to launch first home-built aircraft carrier
- Published_at:2013-08-12
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- description: India's about to launch its first home-built aircraft carrier at a shipyard in Southern Kerala state. The INS Vikrant took six months to build, at a cost of over two billion dollars. Al Jazeera's Hyder Abbasi reports.
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Malala Yousafzai's address to the UN
- Published_at:2013-07-12
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- description: Malala Yousefzai, who was shot by Pakistani Taliban last year, addressed the UN Youth Assembly on her 16th birthday and called for improvements in global education. The UN has declared her birthday, July 12, as "Malala Day". She started the speech...
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Pope blesses thousands of Harley bikers
- Published_at:2013-06-16
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- description: Pope Francis has blessed some of the 35,000 Harley Davidson motorbike riders in Rome for the the motorcycle company's 110th anniversary. Many of the celebratory party dropped in to Vatical City to to receive an official endorsement by the Vatican.Al...
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Somalia government seeks to decntralise power
- Published_at:2013-06-07
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- description: Somalis are trying to agree on a government that decentralizes power but also brings the nation back together after years of conflict. But that's proving difficult. The country's constitution calls for a federal structure but a recent claim of...
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Survivor found in Bangladesh building collapse rubble
- Published_at:2013-05-10
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- description: Bangladeshi rescuers have found a woman survivor in the rubble of a garment factory complex which collapsed and killed more than 1,000 people on April 24, the country's fire service chief told AFP news agency. One of the rescuers said that the woman...
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Malaysia's governing coalition wins majority
- Published_at:2013-05-05
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- description: Malaysia's ruling coalition has retained its 56-year hold on power in hard-fought elections but opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says the victory is tainted and has refused to concede. The Barisan Nasional (National Front) coalition led by Prime...
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Firms enjoy tax haven in bankrupt Ireland
- Published_at:2013-04-20
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- description: Ireland is one of the country's that's been hardest hit by Europe's debt crisis.But amid the austerity, billions of dollars are still flowing in and out of the economy.The problem for Ireland is that it is not collecting much of a share of the...
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Witness speaks about Boston Marathon explosion
- Published_at:2013-04-15
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- description: AL Jazeera's Josh Rushing speaks to a witness who describes the aftermath of the Boston Marathon explosions.
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Ireland mulls selling forests to pay debt
- Published_at:2013-03-14
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- description: Ireland is considering a controversial new scheme to sell off parts of its forests, as a part of efforts to meet demands from the International Monetary Fund to reduce its debts. Ireland is not the only eurozone member to try to sell off its...
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Chad army claims Mali's al-Qaeda on the run
- Published_at:2013-03-04
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- description: Al Jazeera has gained exclusive access to the Chadian army's military campaign against al-Qaeda affiliated fighters inside northern Mali. The army has taken fighters' main base in the Tirgharghar Mountains, seizing vehicles, weapons, and even a...
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Calm returning after clashes in Cairo
- Published_at:2013-02-02
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- description: Calm is slowly returning to the streets of Cairo after a wave of anti-government demonstrations on Friday. One person was killed and dozens injured when police and protesters clashed in front of the presidential palace. Sherine Tadros has the details.
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Opposition fighters overrun Taftanaz airbase in Syria
- Published_at:2013-01-11
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- description: Syrian opposition fighters have overrun Taftanaz airbase, the largest in northern Syria, after several days of fierce combat, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said. Anti-government activists said fighters from Jabhat al-Nusra and other...
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Blackface for the holidays
- Published_at:2012-12-18
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- description: Is The Netherlands' tradition of putting Santa's helpers in black-face racist or a harmless custom? We look at Zwarte Piet or Black Pete
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Kate's pranked nurse found dead
- Published_at:2012-12-07
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- description: A nurse who took a prank call at the London hospital that was treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate for morning sickness has been found dead, the hospital said. Friday's death, which police said they were treating as unexplained, comes days...
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Latest report on the bus explosion in Tel Aviv
- Published_at:2012-11-21
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- description: Breaking News: Latest report on the bus explosion in Tel Aviv. The explosion, which hurt 15 people took place about 100 meters from the Israeli Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv.
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Exclusive: Iron Dome in action
- Published_at:2012-11-19
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- description: Israel's Iron Dome comes into action as rockets fired from Gaza are intercepted. Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid takes cover as she reports live from Ashkelon.
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Ireland abortion refusal ignites uproar
- Published_at:2012-11-15
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- description: Hundreds of people have protested in Ireland over the death of a woman who was refused an abortion. Savita Halappanavar was admitted to hospital while miscarrying and in severe pain, but doctors refused to complete the spontaneous abortion....
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Barack Obama's victory speech (Part 1)
- Published_at:2012-11-07
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- description: Barack Obama has won the US presidential election, defeating his Republican challenger Mitt Romney. During his victory speech in Chicago, Obama said that "the task of perfecting our union moves forward." "We are an American family and we rise or...
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The continued challenges for Egypt's disabled
- Published_at:2012-10-21
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- description: About 12 million, 15 per cent of the population, of the nation's population, are disabled in Egypt. The government and employers continue to marginalise them, but with poor roads, high curbs and the lack of disabled access on public buses, their...
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