Al Jazeera exclusive: Homs under siege
The situation in the Syrian city of Homs is getting worse, as neighborhoods are surrounded and the shelling continues.
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Inside Story - Has Syria been given a licence to kill?
The UN has again failed to condemn the Syrian government for its crackdown on protesters, after Russia and China blocked a Security Council resolution. Has diplomacy reached the end of the road? Guests: Dimitry Babich, Sameer Al Taqi and Shadi Hamid.
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Pakistan rejects leaked Nato report
Pakistan has rejected a leaked Nato report that says it's secretly helping the Taliban in Afghanistan. Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan's foreign minister, says the claims should be ignored. Khar is in Kabul, where she has been meeting Afghan leaders for high level reconciliation talks and to end what...
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Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reports on Egypt football violence
Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reports from Egypt where violence following a football match between al-Ahly and al-Masry in the city of Port Said has left scores dead.
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Iraqi domestic violence 'on the rise'
The UN estimates that one in five women in Iraq suffer from domestic abuse, in a society where a woman leaving her husband for any reason is considered grounds for punishment. One rights group says cases of abuse appear to be on the rise since the fall of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein nearly...
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Robert Fisk remembers Hama massacre
Robert Fisk was one of the few journalists who managed to enter Hama during the 1982 military assault on the city. At least 10000 people were killed as the army crushed an armed rebellion led by the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Cold snap hits Europe
Italy is set to hold emergency talks aimed at maximising gas supplies to vulnerable households as a cold snap tightened its grip on the country and the death toll rose to 26. This, as other countries including Bosnia, Hungary and Croatia battle the snow and sleet. Al Jazeera Balkans' Dalija Hasan...
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Protesters attacked in Maldives
Riot police in the Maldives have used tear gas and batons against protesters rallying in support of former president Mohamed Nasheed. Nasheed told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that he had been forced to resign in what he described as a "coup" to avoid "bloodshed" in the country. Al Jazeera's Steve Cha...
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Syrian Homs residents 'waiting to be killed'
Abu Abdo Alhomsy, an opposition activist in Homs, told Al Jazeera on Tuesday that the shelling in Syria is ongoing. "There was a rocket shelling and a mortar bombing. It's all around Homs," he said. "The condition in the neighbourhood is quite miserable. ... Sinpers are everywhere. ... We are jus...
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Inside Story - Is Pakistan backing the Taliban?
Pakistan has rejected fresh accusations that it is directly supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan, following a leaked secret US report. Does Pakistan prefer a Taliban government in Afghanistan? Guests: Zaid Hamid, Wali Massoud and Richard Weitz.
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Arab League halts Syria mission as violence rages
The Arab League has confirmed it is suspending its monitoring mission in Syria because of "the critical deterioration of the situation". The pan-Arab bloc also says it is holding talks with Russia - one of the main opponents of the Arab League peace plan - ahead of a United Nations meeting in New...
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Canada jury finds family guilty of murder
Canada jury finds family guilty of murder
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Inside Story - How relevant is the African Union?
A bitter oil dispute between Sudan and South Sudan, a war-torn Somalia, and trade talks were all on the agenda at the African Union's annual summit in Ethiopia. How relevant is the AU? Guests: Gamal Nkrumah, Aly Khan Satchu and Abdelwahab El Effendi.
Pictures released of uncontacted Peru tribe
One of the most isolated tribes in the world has been photographed in the most detailed pictures ever taken of them. The images of the Mashco Piro tribe, released by Survival International, have sparked the world's imagination. The once "lost" tribe live in the jungles of southeastern Peru, near ...
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Facebook going public
The social networking site Facebook has made a highly-anticipated status update, announcing that it's going public. The social networking giant is seeking to raise $5bn on Wall Street in what would be the largest initial public offering ever by a technology company. Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds repo...
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Scientists pioneer cloaking technology
The idea of turning invisible could be closer to 'science fact' than 'science fiction'. Researchers at the University of Texas have for the first time used an invisibility cloak to make a three-dimensional object. One cloaking technique uses so-called meta-materials to redirect light, creating 2-...
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