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| Hundreds Hold Prayer Vigil for Unemployed on Capitol Hill | |
| Uploaded by VOAvideo on Dec 8, 2011 Thousands of jobless workers from around the country, community members, and clergy held a prayer vigil on Capitol Hill to urge Congress to extend unemployment benefits. Millions of jobless workers and their families are in danger of losing their benefits by the end of the month if Congress does not act. The prayer vigil and march to House Speaker John Boehner's office was part of "Take Back the Capitol," three days of events sponsored by labor unions and community organizations. Jeff Swicord reports. | |
| Date: 2011-12-10 04:48:10 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Mexico faces worst drought in 70 years | |
| Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on Dec 9, 2011 Mexico's worst drought in 70 years has wiped out the year's corn crop and left more than 2.5m people without food and water. An estimated 40 per cent of the national territory in the north and central parts of the country has been affected. The economic hit caused by the drought is expected to force hundreds of thousands of people to leave the parched lands, and seek scarce jobs in the cities. Mexico, one of the world's top corn producers, is now planning to import corn from the US. Al Jazeera's Franc Contreras reports from Mexico City. | |
| Date: 2011-12-10 04:16:48 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Inside Story - Climate change stalemate | |
| Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on Dec 10, 2011 Will the US, China and India sign a second term of the EU backed Kyoto protocol? Guests of the show: Praful Bidwai, an expert on climate politics; and Jim Footner, head of climate and energy for Greenpeace. | |
| Date: 2011-12-10 04:15:24 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Economist Jeffrey Sachs on the failure of government and the collapse of the financial system | |
| Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on Dec 10, 2011 The controversial economist talks about the failure of government, and the collapse of the financial system. | |
| Date: 2011-12-10 04:11:17 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Detroit on brink of bankruptcy | |
| Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on Dec 9, 2011 Detroit was once one of America's biggest and most productive cities. Millions of people had jobs in the automobile industry, and the city also attracted other big business. But for years the industry has been suffering and this week it hit a new low. Cath Turner reports from Detroit, Michigan. | |
| Date: 2011-12-10 04:11:10 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Huge rally in Moscow over election results, arrests made in St Petersburg | |
| Uploaded by telegraphtv on Dec 10, 2011 Arrests were made in St. Petersburg on Saturday as tens of thousands turned out across the country to protest against alleged electoral fraud and against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his party. | |
| Date: 2011-12-10 04:02:06 - Added by: KMC | |
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| 2-year-old's Mic Check @ Occupy Boston I WILL CHANGE THE WORLD! | |
| Uploaded by ncftTV on Dec 8, 2011 more at http://www.AcronymTV.com contact: http://www.facebook.com/dennistrainorjr twitter.com/dennistrainorjr | |
| Date: 2011-12-10 03:57:34 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Extreme Violence continues across Syria | |
| Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on Dec 9, 2011 Syrian forces have killed at least 30 people, including three children, after firing on anti-government demonstrations across the country during a planned national strike, activists have said. Two boys, ages 10 and 12, were hit by stray bullets near government checkpoints on Friday in Homs, Syria's third-largest city and a hotbed of opposition to the regime, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Another activist group, the Syrian Revolution General Commission, said three defected soldiers had also been killed there. Activists dubbed Friday the day of the "Dignity Strike" and had hoped to stage a mass display of civil disobedience. There were also reports of violence and arrests in Aleppo and Damascus, the capital. Rula Amin reports. | |
| Date: 2011-12-10 01:19:09 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Frustrated By Inaction, Youth Delegates Occupy COP 17 Plenary in Durban | |
| Uploaded by democracynow on Dec 9, 2011 www.democracynow.org -. As the afternoon round of talks were scheduled to begin at the U.N. Climate Change Conference, delegates from some of the world's most vulnerable countries joined Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace International, and more than 150 youth climate activists in occupying the main plenary. They continued to march throughout the conference center during our live broadcast. As security officers closed in on the protest, the president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, addressed the crowd. Democracy Now! was on the scene and brings you this report. | |
| Date: 2011-12-09 13:31:08 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Salon.com's Glenn Greenwald on horrible online privacy & Defense bills | |
| Uploaded by Current on Dec 9, 2011 Cenk asks his Power Panel of commentators to choose which of two terrible proposed laws -- the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Defense authorization bill -- is truly the worst. Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com says, "They are horrible in different ways." The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur | |
| Date: 2011-12-09 13:22:05 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 872 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 4 | |