Middle East

Pakistan bolsters security ahead of US withdrawal Increased security measures are in place in the Pakistani city of Peshawar as NATO and US troops plan their exit from Afghanistan and the Pakistani Taliban regroups. The busy Khyber bazaar is slowly ...
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US Congress seeks to cut food stamp scheme Advocates for the poor and often hungry in the US warn that problems for the nation's needy could intensify if the department of agriculture bows to pressure from Congress to reduce food assistance sche...
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Inside Story - Saleh visits Saudi: More of the same? Inside Story, with guests Mohamed Qubaty, opposition activist; Clive Jones, professor of Middle East studies and International Politics, University of Leeds, and author of Britain and the Yemen Ci...
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Africa Investigates - Sierra Leone: Timber! In this edition of Africa Investigates, reporter Sorious Samura exposes the high level corruption that is stripping his Sierra Leone bare. From: AlJazeeraEnglish Views: 61 4 ratings Time: 25:45 More i...
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US treats Libyan fighters Twenty-two Libyans who took up arms against Muammar Gaddafi and suffered injuries are recuperating in the United States. The men, aged from 16 to 49 years, were flown to a hospital north of Boston four weeks ago. Their inju...
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Evictions imperil Phnom Penh residents Cambodian police have been using increasing force to thwart protesters fighting to hang on to their lands against developers looking to erect skyscrapers, shopping malls, and apartments in the Boeng-Kak Lake ne...
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Hong Kong's waning economic resilience Asia's economies have so far managed to escape the economic crisis in Europe and the US. But that resilience seems to be waning as fears grow that Hong Kong - a regional economic powerhouse - could slid...
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Yemen's Saleh agrees to transfer power After 33 years in power, and months of unrest, Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh has finally agreed to step down. Saleh signed the deal, which was brokered by the Gulf Co-operation Council, at a cere...
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Amish haircut attacks lead to arrest What started as an internal dispute between different Amish religious groups in the state of Ohio has now ended up in a federal court. Members of a breakaway Amish group have been accused of a spate of hair and b...
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Protests intensify in Alexandria Egypt is just five days from what was meant to be a milestone -- the first parliamentary elections since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak. But a growing standoff is threatening to derail the entire process, as pro...
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