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    • For years, China has been promoting a policy of "indigenous innovation" - favouring domestic firms who develop their own technologies. But it has also put China on a collision course with major trading partners, some of whom accuse it of unfair trade practices and theft of intellectual property.
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      China is cultivating a new wave of visionaries but faces allegations of unfair trade practices and intellectual piracy.
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      • Aaron Hawryluk Intellectual property is not actual property. Ideas and information are not something one can own. Humans naturally synthesize old ideas into new.
      • Othman H Siru the real person behind any invention is never known.
    • In Pictures: "Olympic hopes in Mogadishu were dealt a crushing blow last April when Aden Yabarow Wiish, the head of the Somali Olympic Committee, was killed in an attack by a female suicide bomber at the National Theatre. But despite this, the runners continue to train, hoping for a spot in London's games." See the photos here: http://aje.me/NC6w88
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      Runners in war-torn Mogadishu are training religiously, vying for a spot in London's upcoming Summer Olympics.
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    • Achieving what indigenous people want to do, which is to throw out all the armed forces from their region, will be extremely difficult. But they do think this is their best hope for peace in 40 years.
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      Will the indigenous community in Colombia be successful in making the army and the FARC leave their region?
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      • Alois Saint-Martin LOL ! Kill all the Political Argument, and leave only the Coca Plants and Contractor`s Standing !
      • Alois Saint-Martin Kat Eiswald@ How is this FARC propaganda ? Did you put your Maps To The Stars Homes T-Shirt on backwards, yourself ? or did you have some overzealous Agent, help you with It !
    • Opinion: "In the hinterland, where most of Myanmar's ethnic minority groups reside, the situation over the past year has in fact mostly deteriorated," writes Corey Pattison. Click here and let us know what you think: http://aje.me/NC5UPE
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      Despite reforms in Myanmar, the situation for many ethnic minorities has deteriorated in the past year.
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    • The use of drones is becoming more widespread in civilian circles too – not least as a key law and order tool in the fight against crime. In June this year, for example, police in the British city of Manchester used one to track down a suspected car thief; in the Netherlands an arsonist was caught after being identified on a drone camera.
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      As governments are increasingly relying on drones, what are the consequences for civil liberties and the future of war?
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      • Laura Long Really smart, Patrick. How will you feel in a few years, when the government or even police are using drones as survellience tools on us all? Or when foreign countries or organizations decide they
      • Laura Long want payback for all the civilian deaths they have suffered from drones and do a little droning of their own?
    • Six months after an alleged coup in the Maldives led to the resignation of President Mohamed Nasheed, the new government has announced that elections will not be held until July 2013. Can the Maldives work towards political reconciliation?
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      Can the Maldives work towards political reconciliation?
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      • Ahmed Salih unless the man who resigned stops inciting violence and disrupting peace in the country, there will be no political reconciliation. the man lacks integrity
      • Asma Amin Khurshid Bhandari
        asma amin khurshid bhandari started politics in 1996 that time she was married to ahsan ali mengal brohi from nawabshah district mengal was not direct with politics but he wanted his wife me directly in politics to bring change in pakistan ...through young generation that time pakistan was going through bad times as bhutto gov was in and out from that time bhutto gov behazir was out in dubai and zardari shortly went to jail and murtaza bhutto was killed that phase politics was going in wrong direction either army or ranger take over so the iranis of karachi wanted as they wanted change in pakistan to do a operation with army and police the operation was that that since pakistan was an islamic estate western clothes and other activities were not allowed in pakistan people were not free to wear what ever because in ziaul haq time duppata was forced to girls to wear in schools and that time education level was on a turning point students in convent or grammer school decided to go abroad for any studies needed now the generation wanted discos and parties in pakistan and wanted fashion shows open tv media open and educated class wanted to wear western things so that police and ranger dont ask them or stop them for doing going to mix parties so the change in 1996 1997 1998 was an operation by army it self to bring two educated girls from karachi by chance this operation started we didnt know but army wanted two girls for this operation to bring out all in court what generation wanted what kind of fredom public demanded so army and police both did an operation and in this operation we both friends answered army who stoped me and her both were asked by army about our going were we mentioned we are getting water from shell petrol and going to a place where young generation have arranged a little together me and my friend friend maryum falcon ali were first two ladies who wanted to q and answer all army first regarding this matter so we had to make a move first so that later all answers will be given to court what exactly young generation is demanding in pakistan for this we have to fight with army first telling them what is army problem and then what is our problem we did that but army wanted case for this in this case army involved police and both in this police had to record our basic who we are i gave my statment that i am wife of ali mengal and this is my address you can go there he will tell so they said ok army police said ok you are ok now my friend turn she said she is married to an arab have a son in pakistan we answered police then q about clothes in that they said why jeans as that time western clothes were not common so we said we are wearing so so we went to courts got digree after fighting a case and won and like this court ordered seeing that these girls are married in that no problem second dress so we fought our case won and got a digree that these girls if police see and if army interfer again then they will see sp of that time asma amin khurshid grand father saeed a sheikh was attoney general and depty general of pakistan sind his office was in high court sind . but asma amin khurshid didnt wanted to use that power police or army putting hand of a grand daughter of saeed a sheikh was not easy but asma amin khurshid wanted to fight a case her self and on merit as justice she won slowly all public started night life it became common police army if stoped any one they answered to what they want if want papers of marriage whom are youy they knew to carry there things if stoped but wanted to move till 2007 in 2007 benazir was killed so nothing could be done but public wanted gov to stablized mean while what public wanted discos that wre closed only one or two open private parties became fashioned all wanted this all models wanted western with pakistani so that change came during this time then again ppp came in gov in between other gov came for short while as there are many movements here in pakistan but are removed or situation of pakistan becomes worst so army comes when ever . before ppp gov came after 2007 army was in so mushraf time it was better but some wanted ppp to come in after 2007 so ppp came in from that time public is seeing what change ppp will bring same time later usa came in usa was in but silent after gulf war pakistan open doors for young arabs girls and boys to study in pakistan and live here so in 1996 almost all arabs students were in pakistan in dow meddical jinnah medical and in other institutes . after this arabs became less in pakistan before all arab days were celebrated in big big hotels of pakistan conslates parties were common but before 2007 arabs prefered dubai and arab states for studies . and then afghanistan war 2001 9 11 after 2007 usa came in with help of pakistan to fight terror attacks .
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    • Opinion: "The requirements of sovereign statehood, to say nothing of political self-respect or simple good-neighbourliness, demand that sooner or later Pakistan address the deadly threats to others emanating from its territory,' writes Robert Grenier. Click here to read the full article: http://aje.me/NC9Q2V
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      Pakistan should acknowledge and address the deadly threats emanating from its ungoverned territories.
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    • Smoking kills more people than alcohol, AIDS, car accidents, drugs and crime combined. Despite the risks, tobacco profits continue to soar, reaching $35bn in 2010 or the combined profits of Coke, Microsoft and McDonald's. Smoking is down in the West but on the rise in developing countries. Who's responsible for this trend: tobacco companies or local governments hungry for revenues? Join the conversation at 1930GMT.
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    • Opinion: "The election of India's next President was described as a foregone conclusion from the moment the Congress party, which leads the ruling coalition, announced its candidate: the finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee," writes Sarmila Bose here: http://aje.me/NBACsk
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      The latest presidential nomination casts doubt on the selection process used to fill the position.
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      • Siddharth Mishra ‎@MaxBoss - We already had APJ Abdul Kalam, the missile scientist.
        Another one - Dr. Zakir Hussain, Mr. Fakkruddin Ali Ahmad.
        India is a secular nation, thus we have Presidents from different backgrounds.
        Religion is not a criteria while selecting a President.
      • Siddharth Mishra Should India have a constitutional monarchy?
    • Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that threatened Syrian authorities with sanctions over use of deadly force against civilians in the ongoing conflict.
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      Resolution threatening sanctions on Syrian authorities is vetoed by Syria's allies, saying they do not agree with text.
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    • Tribal leaders in Somalia would have chosen members of constituent assembly by now, which would have backed a new constitution and appointed the parliament, to be followed by election of new president.
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      Mandate for transitional government expires on August 20 but there seems little headway in electoral process.
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    • The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has overturned a life ban imposed by football's world governing body Fifa against Qatar's Mohamed Bin Hammam, citing "insufficient evidence" to impose the penalty.
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      Former Fifa vice-president Mohamed Bin Hammam's lifetime ban is overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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    • In Kenya, matatu drivers are generally regarded as unreliable and are associated with Nairobi's criminal underworld. It is not unusual for rival gangs to fight for control of bus routes, but in recent years, many police have invested in the industry (although this is illegal) so that they can control it and profit from it themselves.
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      Nairobi's matatu drivers are generally despised and feared, but one driver dreams of beginning a new life.
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    • The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has overturned a life ban imposed by football's world governing body Fifa against Qatar's Mohamed Bin Hammam, citing "insufficient evidence" to impose the penalty.

      "The CAS has upheld Mr Bin Hammam's appeal, annulled the decision rendered by the Fifa Appeal Committee and lifted the life ban imposed on Mr Bin Hammam," the Court said in a statement on Thursday.
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      Former Fifa vice president Mohamed Bin Hammam's lifetime ban is overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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    • The funeral of the Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna took place in Mumbai, where thousands of his fans lined the streets to pay their respects.

      The funeral procession began from his home on Carter Road on Thursday morning, where a glass coffin bearing his body was being taken in an open truck, wrapped in white flowers, to the Pawan Hans crematorium.
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      Thousands of fans brave the Mumbai rain for the funeral of India's "first superstar" Rajesh Khanna.
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    • London will soon play host to the 2012 Olympics, which organisers boast will be the most environmentally friendly Games ever. But with the metal for all competitor medals coming from one huge polluting hole in the ground in Utah, could London's 2012 legacy be more greenwash than green?
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      We investigate alleged violations of environmental standards by a key sponsor of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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    • Omar Suleiman, Egypt’s former spy chief and Hosni Mubarak’s vice president, has died in the US while undergoing medical examination, an aide has said.

      "He was fine. It came suddenly while he was having medical tests in Cleveland," Hussein Kamal said on Thursday, without giving a reason for Suleiman's death.
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      Hosni Mubarak's vice president has died in the US while undergoing medical examination, an aide has said.
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    • Intense fighting between the opposition and government forces is raging in a half-dozen areas of the Syrian capital Damascus, the day after a bomb struck at the heart of Syria's senior command, killing at least three of President Bashar al-Assad's top brass.
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      Battles continue as UN Security Council is yet to decide on a resolution calling for sanctions against Syrian regime.
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    • Three British Muslims, including a former London police support officer, have been charged with traveling to Pakistan for terror training.

      Scotland Yard said in a statement on Thursday that Richard Dart, 29, Imran Mahmood, 21, and Jahangir Alom, 26, had traveled to Pakistan between 2010 and 2012 "with the intention of committing acts of terrorism or assisting another to commit such acts".
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      British Muslims, including former London police support officer, charged with traveling to Pakistan for terror training.
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    • Corn is a mega-crop and a bad year drives up the price everything from beef to cereal and auto fuel. As crops continue to wilt and falter, farmers and consumers across the globe are hoping for more rain, despite forecasts of dry days ahead.
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      Price of commodities to increase worldwide as corn harvest withers in 29-state wide drought.
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    • Can the new Egyptian president live up to the promise of the revolution? And will there be conflict or confluence between the Brotherhood and the military?
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      After the first truly democratic elections in a generation, will Egypt become a secular, religious, or military state?
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    • A massive iceberg twice the size of Manhattan has broken away from Greenland's Petermann Glacier, scientists have said.

      "The floating extension (of the glacier) is breaking apart," Eric Rignot of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said in a statement on Thursday.
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      An iceberg twice the size of Manhattan breaks free from Greenland's Petermann Glacier, scientists say.
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    • Opinion: Election results in Libya were "yet another paradox of the Arab Spring: a country that seemed to meet all of the conditions for an Islamist victory produced the sort of election results that liberals in Egypt and Tunisia could only dream about," says Omar Ashour. Click here and let us know what you think: http://aje.me/OgQK4H
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      Liberals unexpectedly won recent elections, partly due to disorganisation and splits among Islamists.
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    • For decades Saudi Arabia's minority Shia population of nearly two million has struggled against what it views as discrimination by the Sunni monarchy. So what lies ahead for the kingdom and its Shia community?
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      Arrest of cleric sparks renewed protest in Shia community.
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      • Gen Siphiwosenkosi Qangani Politics have destroyed everything in SA. The education system, health care, crime is spiraling, unemployment rate is uncontrollable, inequality levels are out of order, etc. For SA to change for better, it needs a politics free environment. Citizens shuld be left to take their future to their own hands
      • Jacobs Egoh The South African government must incorporate the white leaders and experts in their team if they are to achieve what is expected of them.south Africa attained a nuclear Nation status under aparthied era,though aparthied is done away with,they don't need to start from the scratch like most African countries but must move with the attained level of development in the aparthied era.
    • Listening Post reveals the lengths North Korea's propaganda machine will go to to ensure Kim Jong-un's image lives up to his father's legacy.
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      Revealing the lengths the country's propaganda department will go to to ensure Kim Jong-un's image is untarnished.
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    • Feature: "A record 1.1 million tourists visited Kashmir in 2011, and this year's number is expected to rise to almost two million before the onset of winter," writes Prerna Suri. Click here to read the full article: http://aje.me/MjXhfc
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      As tourists begin to return to the embattled region, the Jamaat-I-Islami group asks visitors to wear modest attire.
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    • Wenche Helene Ladin, Kirna Nettel and 50 others like this.
      • Shoukat Wani ‎@suri, jst review year 2010, have ya reported how many innocent children,women n old were killed by indian forces?. Giving hype of tourisim in kashmir can't change facts. Report HR-violations-kmr
      • Shoukat Wani Aljazera don't bais in reporting facts n malign trade of respected journalism, take opportunity to hightlight woes of oppressed kashmiri people ya won't be in loss for sure.
    • For many Syrians this is the beginning of the end. It might be a premature assessment but the explosion in Damascus, the capital, on Wednesday has dealt president Bashar al-Assad's regime one of its most severe blows on many levels. Symbolically, physiologically and practically.
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      Bombing that killed senior Syrian security officials will breed more defections and mistrust at the highest levels.
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    • Defence and interior ministers among those killed after an explosion struck the National Security building in Damascus during a meeting of cabinet ministers and senior security officials.

      Defence minister General Rajha and his deputy Assef Shawkat - the brother-in-law of President Bashar al-Assad - were killed on Wednesday in the deadliest assault on government officials since the violence began 16 months ago.
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      Generals Assef Shawkat and Daoud Rajiha were both considered key figures in the suppression of the Syrian uprising.
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    • Until a few days ago, Nawaf Fares was Bashar al-Assad's ambassador in Baghdad, Iraq's capital. One of the highest-profile defectors from the Syrian regime speaks to Al Jazeera.
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      One of Syria's high-profile defectors explains what is really going on inside the corridors of power in Damascus.
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    • Strikes have brought a swathe of Egypt's state textile industry to a halt, disrupting production of a key export as the country hovers on the brink of a balance of payments crisis.
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      Textile industry strike could worsen balance of payments problems and is an early test for new president.
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    • The attack was the deadliest blow the government has faced during the last 16 months of violence, leading to much debate - both online and in the media - over whether the conflict has reached a major turning point.
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      Netizens question whether deadly blast could be the beginning of the end for President Assad's government.
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    • Feature: "Today, 18 years after the racist system of governance was brought to an end, Soweto has become a microcosm of the prosperity, poverty and everything in between experienced by the black population of today's South Africa," writes Matthew Cassel here: http://aje.me/MjY9QQ
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      Black South Africans from an area that once symbolised resistance to apartheid talk about where their community is now.
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    • Nomsa Mgilane, Humaira Kungfoo Bajwa and 50 others like this.
      • Jerry van Zijl Jumping the gun of having lots of babies without a father and a house, is a receipe for poverty.
      • Tshepo Mosese The people in the township have seen and know what political emancipation is, next thing on the menu is economic emancipation. The struggle continues my people.
    • Hungarian authorities have detained, grilled and put under house arrest a 97-year-old who tops the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's dwindling wanted list of surviving suspected Nazi war criminals. Laszlo Csatary, accused by the Wiesenthal Centre of organising the deportation to their deaths of some 16,000 Jews from the ghetto of Kosice in present-day Slovakia in World War II, protested his innocence.
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      Laszlo Csatary, accused of organising the deportation to their deaths of some 16,000 Jews, protested his innocence.
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    • Barack Obama has refused to apologise for his campaign's sustained attacks on rival presidential candidate Mitt Romney over the issue of employment. The other issue is Romney's reluctance to release tax returns beyond two years. How do they fare against each other as November's race to the White House heats up?
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      As Barack Obama's camp ups the ante against his rival we ask what voters really care about in the presidential race.
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    • Syria's defence minister and Interior minister are among those who were killed after a suicide bomber struck the National Security building in Damascus during a meeting of cabinet ministers and senior security officials.
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      Blast in Damascus kills Defence Minister Daoud Rajha, Assad's brother-in-law Assef Shawkat and other senior officials.
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    • Feature: "In 2002, Andre McCollins, an autistic 18-year-old, was restrained for several hours face-down, and electrically shocked 31 times in seven hours by a remote-controlled device for what a special-needs school described as an attack on a member of staff." Read the article here: http://aje.me/NGD7Ik
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      A special-needs school is under fire for its treatment of students with severe behavioural problems.
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      • Joanna Edge Smith
        They (the school - JRC) would never let their child go through that shock treatment. Since it was somebody else's child, they don't care - especially that it was a black child and treat him like animal. Autistic people get the worst treatm...ent ever plus there are little or no help at all. Last year I watched a documentary on BBC where the children and young people of this residential home in the UK where staff were constantly physically beating and riduculing their clients. A few of the staff constantly threw cold water at her. These are supposed to be people looking after the clients and support them. Absolutely appaulled by staffs behaviour in which parents put their children in their hands.See More
      • Brian Allen Wade http://navajocodetalkers.org/ The microwave sattlite is probably navaho code, hahaha NSA, you shouldn;t have tortured me. BRIAN ALLEN WADE LEAKED THIS.
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        They were a small band of warriors who created an unbreakable code from the anci...ent language of their people and changed the course of modern history.See More
    • Hard Crossings follows the Palestinians who must navigate these checkpoints and for whom they have become a frustrating and often humiliating feature of daily life.
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      We follow Palestinians as they navigate the Israeli checkpoints that have become a frustrating feature of daily life.
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    • Three people were killed and more than 20 injured in a blast on a bus at Bulgaria's Black Sea airport, the interior ministry said, with reports saying the vehicle had Israelis on board.
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      Three people were killed and more than 20 were injured in a blast at Black Sea airport, the interior ministry said.
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    • Feature: "Amid the bustle of downtown Ramallah, only steps away from the famous Al Manara Square, lies a serene refuge for those seeking respite in the form of an ancient physical and spiritual discipline originating more than 6,000 kilometres to the east," writes Dalia Hatuqa. Read the article here and let us know what you think: http://aje.me/NfNgl1
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      A centre in Ramallah teaches the ancient practice of yoga, which many Palestinians credit with improving their lives.
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      • Chevy Drovez so vvas Palestine, once
    • Russia accused the West of inciting the Syrian opposition after the defence minister and President Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law were killed in a bomb attack, arguing that a proposed UN resolution amounted to support for the rebels and would lead to more bloodshed.
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      Russia says proposed UN resolution equals "direct support of the revolutionary movement", and would fuel more violence.
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    • The government of the Maldives has just issued charges that could land its former president in prison. We'll talk to ex-President Mohamed Nasheed along with the Maldives' current minister for human rights about the country's political climate and renewed protests six months after an alleged coup. Post your comments below and join the conversation at 19:30 GMT.
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      The Stream is a social media community with its own daily television programme on Al Jazeera English. As the tremendous growth of social networks moulds and transforms the news agenda, The Stream aims to share these possibilities and connect its global…
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      • Mahmood Riyaz Let Maldives be an example for those dictators who come to power by portraying themselves as democrats, let justice and peace prevail in the Maldives.
      • Jūbi Iqbal
        He killed the democracy in Maldives in its infant stage... made arrests outside the law of the constitution.. and made so many doors to corruption and opened them to his fellow friends... rather than managing the existing developments which... were going towards ruins the guy started so many unrealistic projects in the name of development... went against Islamic values... challenged some Islamic values in the name of human rights... etc.. See More
    • A Taliban bomb attack has destroyed 22 fuel tankers carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, local officials said, as nine Afghan soldiers and two NATO troops died in escalating attacks. A magnetic bomb stuck to the side of a truck triggered a series of powerful explosions in what were mainly fuel tankers parked overnight at a rest stop in Samangan in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said.
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      Fuel tankers carrying supplies for NATO forces were destroyed when bomb blast triggered fire in northern Afghanistan.
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    • The streets of Damascus have seen the heaviest fighting since the begining of the Syrian uprising 17 months ago. There have been significant developments - but does it mean the conflict is reaching its final decisive phase?
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      As the Syrian government loses its grip on Damascus, we ask if the conflict has entered its decisive phase.
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