Bangladesh hit by anthrax outbreak.

AlJazeeraEnglish | September 13, 2010 - Bangladesh has been hit by an outbreak of anthrax, which is a bacteria that occurs naturally in the soil.

It infects livestock and can also be passed on to humans, if they eat the meat or handle infected animals.

Al Jazeera's Nicholas Haque sent this report from Northern Bangladesh.

Eid'l Fitr in Bangladesh

nocommenttv | September 09, 2010 - Hundreds of women crowded outside the house of a wealthy household in the suburb of Nabiganji in Bangladesh, waiting for charitable handouts or "zakat" which are a tradition for the Eid festival. Meanwhile, in capital Dhaka, thousands of people waited to board ferries and trains hoping to get back to their hometown in time for the celebration marking the end of the holy fasting month, Ramadan....

Two Australias - a lesson for 1Malaysia

We investigate an Australian government programme to tackle poverty, alcoholism and violence in Aboriginal communities.

08 Sep 2010 - AlJazeera | Julia Gillard has finally emerged out of Australia's general election as the country's first woman prime minister and leader of a new, Labour-led, minority administration.

The negotiations to gain the support of independent MPs were tough.

But one thing that barely figured on the agenda was indigenous affairs - an issue so far down the list of political priorities in Australia these days that it hardly featured in the election campaign of either main party.

UN admits to failing DR Congo rape victims.

AlJazeeraEnglish | September 08, 2010 - A senior United Nations official has admitted that UN troops failed to protect women and children in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

More than 500 rapes have now been reported there in the past month alone, including 242 women and children who were raped over several days just 30 kilometers away from a base used by UN peacekeepers.





Al Jazeera's Cath Turner reports from the UN in New York.
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Facebook at centre of Egyptian political scandal.

Prospective Egyptian presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei has blamed opponents for hacking his daughter’s Facebook page after images of her drinking alcohol and wearing a bikini sparked outrage.

By Eric Olander (text)

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Jonathan Risks Clashes in Oil-Rich Nigeria With Election Bid.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. 

Photographer: Remy de la Mauviniere

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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan risks sectarian clashes when he announces whether he will seek election: in the Muslim north if he does, and in his native oil- rich Niger River delta in the south if he doesn’t. 

Unrest in the delta may jeopardize oil output in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest producer and the fifth-largest source of crude to the U.S. At least 14,000 people have died in ethnic and religious violence since 1999, according to the Brussels-based International Crisis Group. 

“Jonathan’s delta constituency could interpret even a voluntary decision not to run as a concerted northern attempt to block him, and this could spark unrest,” said Rolake Akinola, an analyst at New York-based Eurasia Group. 

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Terrorists in Negotiation, but Gamal is the Issue.

While the 3 terrorists - 1 representing Israel, another representing Palestine , organized by the 3rd- representing America, are negotiating, the issues  in the minds  of the people of Egypt is not the future of Palestine but Egypt's future, will Gamal be the next President of Egypt - imposed  by his father on the people of Egypt, by hook or crook?

AlJazeeraEnglish | September 02, 2010 - The attendance and involvement of the son of the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in the ongoing Middle East talks in Washington DC has raised speculation in Egypt over whether he will become his father's successor.

Pakistan flood: US rains down death as villagers starve.

The flooding crisis in Pakistan continues to grow as thousands flee the historic city of Thatta in Sind (Pic) after the Indus River broke a levee and flooded new areas.

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Activists from the Pakistan Fisher Folk are using their small boats to attempt to rescue stranded villagers, and take food and medical supplies to others who are cut off.

Their brave efforts stand in contrast to the US military that seem otherwise preoccupied—despite claiming that they are in the country to help ordinary people.

A US drone fired four missiles on two vehicles in the Shaidano Dand area of Kurram on Friday night.

At least six people are reported dead, but the toll is expected to rise as more villagers trapped under the rubble of a building are discovered.

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Diary Of A Disgraced Soldier

“You sent us to war on a lie! Brown I’m coming after you!” Four years after the footage was released to a British newspaper, Martin rages at the camera, homeless and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Even now he finds it hard to listen to his haunting commentary over the footage of some young boys being beaten into the desert dust of Al Amarah:

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Talibikes & Talibombs

Baffalo Ghosts from Combat Commo on Vimeo.

Should M'sia review our heavy purchases said to be for defense like the armored cars and the eurocopters. Experiences in Lebanon & Afghanistan indicated that at the end of the day, these small machines - motorbikes stopped or delayed military occupations by foreign armies.

Gold prices & Peru poverty drives illegal mining

AlJazeeraEnglish | July 24, 2010 - As the international price of gold continues to soar, thousands of people in Peru have moved to gold mining areas in the hope of striking it rich.

Along with the unregulated digging comes a trail of deforestation and chemical contamination that is damaging one of the most biodiverse regions on earth.

In addition to the negative environmental impact, there are also many social problems in the boom towns that have emerged.

IS ANY DEEP WATER DRILLING SAFE?

TheRealNews | July 10, 2010 - Mark Seibel: BP Gulf disaster exposes oil companies do not have the technology to deal with big spills

BP Reports Progress on Relief Wells

VOAvideo | July 09, 2010 - BP officials say one of two relief wells being drilled to stop the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico could be finished weeks ahead of schedule,

Russia spy case takes another twist

AlJazeeraEnglish | July 07, 2010 - Russia has expressed interest in swapping a scientist jailed for espionage with one of 10 alleged Russian agents detained by US authorities last month, a lawyer for the scientist has said.

Igor Sutyagin, a nuclear weapons expert, was convicted by a Russian court in 2004 on charges of passing classified military information to a British firm, which prosecutors said was a front for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Life expectancy gap between rich and poor widens.

itnnews | July 02, 2010 - The gap between the life expectancy of the rich and poor widened despite efforts to close it, an official Government watchdog revealed.

German's New presidential poll

GERMAN PRESIDENT HORST KOEHLER RESIGNS 5-31-2010

High stakes for Merkel in presidential poll

AlJazeeraEnglish | June 29, 2010 - Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, faces an uphill battle to get Christian Wulff, her candidate, elected as president in a vote to be held on Wednesday.