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    • The US spends over $80bn each year & locks up more people than any other country. Now activists are campaigning to change the three-strikes law.
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      Why does the US put so many people behind bars and what lies behind California's new push for leniency?
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    • Workers across the European Union have launched an unprecedented string of strikes in a coordinated battle against austerity cuts on Wednesday.

      Have YOU been affected by the strikes, do you think strikes will force government to change austerity into growth policies?
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      Workers across the continent are protesting against unemployment and spending cuts.
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    • The Israeli army has ordered hundreds of Palestinian villagers to leave their homes temporarily, so it can conduct military exercises.

      Dozens of families living in Khirbet Tana, in the Jordan Valley, are in areas that Israel has labelled "closed military zones," and have been forced of their lands temporarily.
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      Palestinians fear they will lose their homes as illegal settlements swallow the occupied territory.
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    • One of the world's most famous diamonds has been sold at an auction for $21 million in Switzerland.

      The flawless 'Archduke Joseph" diamond, from India's famous Golconda mines, broke several world records when it was sold on Tuesday.
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      The Golconda diamond, sold in Switzerland, broke the record for the highest auction price per carat for a gem.
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    • Pakistan has agreed to free several Afghan Taliban prisoners, officials from both countries said on Wednesday.

      The talks between Pakistani diplomats and Afghan peace negotiators came as Salahuddin Rabbani, chair of the Afghan High Peace Council, is on a three-day visit to Islamabad.
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      Islamabad prisoner release proposed in attempt to revive talks between Taliban and Kabul.
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    • Jordan's prime minister announced price hikes for gas and other fuel, setting off demonstrations across the country and calls for general strikes.

      Are you a Jordanian, how far will these protests go, and are the concerns economical or political?
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      Thousands gathered in Amman and in other cities across the country after government announced rising fuel costs.
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    • China's Communist Party is bringing their National People's Congress to a close, a day before unveiling its leaders for the coming decade.

      President Hu Jintao and premier Wan Jiabao are expected to step down in favour of the anointed successors, Vice President Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang in what would be only the second orderly transfer of power in 63 years.
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      A day before unveiling China's new leadership line-up, outgoing President, Hu Jintao officially wraps up the Congress.
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    • Russian experts will join Swiss & French investigators in exhuming the remains of the Yasser Arafat. We ask why is Moscow getting involved in the investigation.
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      As Russia joins the investigation into the former Palestinian leader's death, we ask if answers will soon emerge.
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    • Barack Obama has faith in General John Allen to continue commanding America's forces in Afghanistan while under investigation for alleged inappropriate communication with a woman at the centre of the scandal involving former CIA Director David Petraeus, the White House has said. http://aje.me/RBiQJ8
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      White House "has faith" in commander of US forces in Afghanistan after he is accused of "inappropriate communications".
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    • On October 25, Facebook removed two photos of Syrian Dana Bakdounes from the The "Uprising of Women in the Arab World" account after they were reported for violating the site's community standards.

      Since fighting the initial removal of content, individual administrators of the Facebook group have been temporarily banned from the site, sparking concerns of censorship.
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      Controversial ban rouses anger and questioning from web users.
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    • The continent is rich is natural resources that are being exploited for big profits, but the money is rarely used for the benefit of the people. People & Power investigates.
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      Why does the Western world feed Africa with one hand while taking from it with the other?
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    • The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has set stricter Internet monitoring and enforcement codes that include giving authorities wider leeway to crack down on Web activists for offenses such as mocking the country's rulers or calling for demonstrations, local media have reported. http://aje.me/XC5pO9
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      The new law makes some online behaviour a criminal offense punishable by imprisonment.
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    • How does it feel to create something that may change the world? The Stream hosts an amazing group of scientists who’ve done just that. One developed a more accurate, less invasive way to diagnose breast cancer. Others created a new form of hydroponic farming and a way to display real 3D images. What's the catch? All the inventors are teenagers. Join the conversation at 19:30 GMT.
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      Kids around the globe tackle challenges through science and innovation.
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    • In a country where refugees are seen as 'infiltrators' and a 'cancer', Isayas is a refugee attempting to change the situation on the ground.
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      Can Isayas help protect fellow African refugees in Israel from violence, discrimination and an uncertain future?
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    • Afghan military convoys used to rely on NATO to sweep the roads of improvised explosive devices.

      With foreign troops preparing to pull out by the end of 2013, however, one of the army's first bomb detection squads make tentative strides in clearing the world's deadliest roads.
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      Al Jazeera joins one of nation's first independent bomb disposal teams as they secure roads in Helmand.
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    • A controversial Muslim religious leader has been freed on bail after he won an appeal in Britain against his deportation to Jordan, where he faces convictions over terrorist offences related to two alleged bomb plots.

      Judge John Mitting granted Abu Qatada bail on Monday and said he would be freed from prison on Tuesday, despite a claim from a government lawyer that he poses a major security threat.
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      Muslim cleric freed on bail after he wins legal ruling to avoid deportation to Jordan for terrorist charges.
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    • Police in Kenya say 42 officers are now known to have been killed in the deadliest attack on police in the country's history. The officers were chasing suspected cattle rustlers on Saturday when a gun battle broke out in the remote Samburu district. http://aje.me/SDXRUS
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      Deadliest attack on security force in the country's history claimed lives of 42 officers in remote Samburu district.
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    • Cubans are calling for the end to the trade embargo imposed by the United States after the 1959 revolution.

      Many Cubans feel the sanctions are outdated and are thwarting development and economic growth on the island.
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      Cubans cry for end to crippling sanctions imposed by Washington after Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution.
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    • The German chancellor has been met by protests on a short visit to Portugal.

      Angela Merkel was in Lisbon to show her support for the country's economic reforms.
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      Demonstrators blame German chancellor for austerity measures their government has implemented.
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    • When it comes to mixing religion and politics, Sheikh Ahmad Mouaz al-Khatib, the newly minted leader of Syria's main opposition group, has a saying: “It is better for faith to reach someone in a position, than for [one of the] faithful to reach a position.”
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      Sheikh Ahmad Mouaz al-Khatib is seen as moderate and charismatic, but some worry about his political inexperience.
      Share · Yesterday at 12:22am via Measured Voice
    • Branded a 'terrorist' by the Chilean government, one man is fighting to save his ancestral lands from destruction.
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      Chilean activist Pascual Pichun is fighting for the rights of the country’s indigenous Mapuche, who are worried their identity is under threat as multinationals encroach on their disputed territory.
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    • Myanmar does not want them and neither does neighbouring Bangladesh. So where do the Rohingya really belong?
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      Reviled in Myanmar and unwanted in Bangladesh, where does one of the world's most persecuted minorities really belong?
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    • Should Abu Qatada face deportation to Jordan for terror offences, or was the judge right in saying his human rights could be compromised?
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      Suspected al-Qaeda operative wins appeal against deportation to Jordan where he faces convictions related to bomb plots.
      Share · Monday at 9:26pm via Measured Voice
    • A controversial Muslim religious leader is to be freed after he won an appeal in Britain against his deportation to Jordan, where he faces convictions over terrorist offences related to two alleged bomb plots.
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      Suspected al-Qaeda operative wins appeal against deportation to Jordan where he faces convictions related to bomb plots.
      Share · Monday at 8:03pm via Measured Voice
    • Police in Kenya say 42 officers are now known to have been killed in the deadliest attack on police in the country's history.
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      Deadliest attack on security force in the country's history claims lives of 42 officers in remote Samburu district.
      Share · Monday at 8:02pm via Measured Voice
    • In this investigation for People & Power, Kwenda and a Ghanaian undercover journalist look at how and why the developed world makes it so easy to launder this dirty cash?
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      Why does the Western world feed Africa with one hand while taking from it with the other?
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    • Greece's international lenders have agreed to give the country two more years to make the cuts demanded of it, but the eurozone and IMF have clashed over a longer-term target date to shrink the country's debt size.
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      Lenders rule out immediate aid as eurozone and IMF clash over longer-term target date to shrink country's debt size.
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    • The main Palestinian fighter groups in the Gaza Strip, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, have said they are ready for a ceasefire if Israel "stops its aggression" against the territory. "The Islamic and nationalist movement confirm that the response of the resistance depends on whether the Zionist aggression against our people is continued," they said in a statement read out at a conference in Gaza City on Monday.
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      Palestinian armed groups in Gaza say they are ready for a ceasefire if Israel "stops its aggression".
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    • Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips travels to Nigeria, Burma and Japan to find a Nigerian veteran of the war and to talk to those who fought alongside him.
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      Barnaby Phillips follows the life of one of the forgotten heroes of World War II.
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    • Anti-austerity protesters gathered outside Portugal's presidential palace to greet German Chancellor Angela Merkel with chants and placards telling her she is not welcome. Merkel, who landed shortly before midday, was set to renew her endorsement of spending cuts and tax increases being pushed through by fellow conservative PM Pedro Passos Coelho to meet the terms of last year's German-backed European rescue deal.
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      German Chancellor makes another trip to bailed-out eurozone country in show of support for Lisbon's stance on cuts.
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