Syria Live Blog
By Al Jazeera Staff in Middle East on January 11th, 2012
People continue to take to the streets across Syria despite the government's crackdown on dissidents. The UN says more than 5,000 people have...
Bangladesh in the Brazilian Amazon
By Gabriel Elizondo in Americas on January 11th, 2012
In the northwest Brazilian Amazon town of Brasilia, population 20,238, there are almost 1,200 Haitians. They often mill around during the day,...
Excerpts from The Invisible Arab
By Marwan Bishara in Imperium on January 10th, 2012
The Invisible Arab: The Promise and Perils of the Arab Revolution will be published on January 31 by Nation Books.From the book's front...
Ahmadinejad's South America tour
By Adam Raney in Americas on January 10th, 2012
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad exchanged warm embraces and signed several trade and political...
Egypt Live Blog
By Al Jazeera Staff in Middle East on January 9th, 2012
Al Jazeera staff and correspondents update you on important developments in Egypt as a new political landscape is shaped after a popular...
Bahrain Live Blog
By Al Jazeera Staff in Middle East on January 9th, 2012
Despite numerous government crackdowns, Bahrain's Shia-led protest movement continues to call for more political rights.Al Jazeera is not...
Exchanging time for healthcare in the US
By John Terrett in Americas on January 9th, 2012
As millions of Americans struggle in the worst economic times since the Great Depression, keeping up with rising healthcare costs has become an...
Legal victory lifts Anwar Ibrahim's hopes
By Florence Looi in Asia on January 9th, 2012
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been acquitted of sodomy, a charge he has always maintained was trumped up to discredit him and...
Occupy Protests Live Blog
By Al Jazeera Staff in Americas on January 8th, 2012
Al Jazeera staff and correspondents update you on important developments from Wall Street and around the world as the 'Occupy' financial crisis...
Live blog: New Hampshire debate
By Al Jazeera Staff in Americas on January 7th, 2012
Follow the latest Republican Party presidential debate in New Hampshire - minute by minute.10:44 PM: The last question was a softball:...
1897 and all that
By Barnaby Phillips in Africa on January 7th, 2012
On my way home from work the other day I impulsively hopped off the bus outside the British Museum to go inside and admire some of my favourite...
Who is Rick Santorum?
By Alan Fisher in Americas on January 6th, 2012
Rick Santorum won't win in New Hampshire. The latest polls suggest the best he will do is finish third - but for a man voters struggled to...
Yemen Live Blog
By Al Jazeera Staff in Middle East on January 6th, 2012
Al Jazeera staff and correspondents update you on important developments in the Yemen unrest. Al Jazeera is not responsible for content derived...
Mubarak on Trial Live Blog
By Al Jazeera Staff in Middle East on January 6th, 2012
After stepping down in the face of a massive uprising against his rule, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak becomes one of the few Arab...
The morning after
By Alan Fisher in Americas on January 5th, 2012
It was just before two in the morning when the head of Iowa's Republican Party walked onto the stage in front of the thinning ranks of...
Brazil's Dilma Rousseff: Year One
By Gabriel Elizondo in Americas on January 2nd, 2012
In one of her last official appearances of 2011, on December 22, Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s president, arrived in a sweltering gymnasium in...
Ten predictions for 2012
By Barnaby Phillips in Europe on December 30th, 2011
What will be the major news events of 2012?A colleague sent me a list of questions the other day, daring me to make predictions about major...
What's in store for the global economy?
By John Terrett in Americas on December 30th, 2011
As the year turns, what's in store for the global economy?Europe's on the threshold of recession. Its decade-old single currency seems to...

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