aljazeera 24012011
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al jazeera frames - hot dog
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an animated rat tells us the humble history of the hot dog

russian forces launch full-scale invasion of ukraine - youtube
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russia has launched an all-out invasion of ukraine by land air and sea the biggest attack by one state against another in europe since world war ii and con

demonstrators in sri lanka storm presidential palace - youtube
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protesters have stormed the official residence of president gotabaya rajapaksa demanding his resignationthey are protesting against the months-long economi

empire - hollywood and the war machine
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empire examines the symbiotic relationship between the movie industry and the military-industrial complex

homemade drugs devastating russian addicts
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homemade drugs have had devastating effects on addicts across russia where about 100000 people are thought to be making and using substances made from legal and easily available ingredientsone of the drugs called 039krokodil039 or crocodile named after the scaly-looking sores it causes is made from a combination of headache pills petrol paint thinner hydrochloric acid iodine and red phosphorous scraped from the strike strips of matchboxesal jazeera039s neave barker reports from moscowwarning: this video contains graphic footageone of the drugs called 039krokodil039 or crocodile named for the scaly-looking soars it causes is made from a combination of head-ache pills petrol paint thinner hydrochloric acid iodine and red phosphorous scraped from the strike strips of matchboxesal jazeera039s neave barker reports from moscowwarning: this video contains graphic footage

talk to al jazeera - slavoj zizek
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the slovenian philosopher and critical theorist he talks to al jazeera about the momentous changes taking place in the global financial and political system

egypt gets new prime minister
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essam sharaf a former transport minister is egypt039s new prime ministerhe replaces ahmed shafiq who was appointed to the position by ousted leader hosni mubarak after last month039s opposition protests12 hours before his resignation shafiq was on local television saying he was not going anywhere but political changes are going aheadthe appointment of sharaf is supported by youth and opposition groups who are keen to be rid of any remnants of the old regimeal jazeera039s sherine tadros reports

millions spent on negative ads in us presidential campaign
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with the us election less than a hundred days away president barack obama and his republican challenger mitt romney are spending millions of dollars airing negative ads about each other and a new poll shows that voters are getting tired of it all al jazeera039s john terrett reports

aje: women celebrate in tripolis martyrs square
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thousands of women gather in martyr039s square to mark the end of gaddafi039s rule

freelance journalist reports from bahrain
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in bahrain the gulf kingdom039s leading shia cleric has said the country039s sunni rulers are practicing quotfake democracyquotopposition groups in bahrain are calling for a boycott of parliamentary elections to be held on saturdaya freelance journalist who al jazeera is not naming for his own safety reports from a village near the capital manama he says hundreds of people are trying to march from the village of sanabis which is 5km from manamathey are trying to reach the former pearl roundabout but security forces are blocking them

cairo protests continue
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protests continued in the egyptian capital late on thursday as thousands defied another curfew ahead of what egyptian039s were calling president hosni mubarak039s 039day of depature039 on fridayal jazeera039s nick spicer reports

tunisian police join protesters
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in just a weektunisia has changed beyond recognition with the freedoms the public now enjoys unthinkable under the previous regimeprotesters have now been joined by a small number of police - it would be a turning point if this now spreads to wider sections of the forceal jazeera039s nazanin moshiri reports from tunis

us government funding 039shadow039 networks
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the obama administration is funding so-called quotshadowquot internet and cell phone networks which allow activists to operate independently of government controlsthe quotshadowquot networks are portable kits that fit in suitcases which could maintain ad-hoc computer networks useful to activists in places where internet is either inaccessible or being monitoredone team of technologists in washington dc has received a government grant to build a portable networkal jazeera039s monica villamizar had the opportunity to meet them she reports from the us capital

farmers039 suicide spikes in india
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mounting debts international competition and climate change are all being blamed as the reason for a rising number of indian farmers who are taking their own livesofficial figures say at least 17000 farmers committed suicide in 2009al jazeera039s sohail rahman reports from the farming belt in india039s andhra pradesh state