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| UN presses Sri Lanka to release Tamil civilians | |
| The United Nations has vowed to press Sri Lanka to speed up the release of nearly 300,000 Tamil civilians held in displacement camps since the end of the civil war. Critics have accused the government of keeping people in the de facto prison camps without good reason But government officials say there may still be Tamil Tiger fighters hiding among the civilians. Minelle Fernandez reports from Colombo. | |
| Date: 2009-09-17 03:10:05 - Added by: KMC | |
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| TV journalist Al-Zeidi out of jail: He defends throwing shoes at Pres. Bush | |
| Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes in December last year at George Bush, then US president, has been released from jail to a hero's welcome. As a TV journalist, al-Zeidi had reported on the suffering of the Iraqi people following the US-led invasion in 2003. He said on Tuesday that the shoe-throwing was a protest against the humiliating occupation of his homeland by US troops. Al Jazeera's Tarek Bazley reports on the news conference in Iraq following al-Zeidi's release. | |
| Date: 2009-09-16 10:45:52 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Arianna Huffington on President Obama's Health Care Plan | |
| Keith Olbermann: President Obama | |
| Date: 2009-09-16 08:21:23 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Rachel Maddow: Banks but No Banks | |
| Rachel Maddow: Banks but No Banks | |
| Date: 2009-09-16 08:20:49 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 764 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 5 | |
| Hugo Chavez is buying weapons using $2 billion Russian loan | |
| Russia will lend $2.2 billion to Venezuela, says President Hugo Chavez after his visit to Moscow. The money will help Venezuelas military potential, which Chavez deems crucial as US influence grows in the region. President Hugo Chavez says his country is buying nearly 100 T 72 tanks and an S 300 air defense system, using a more than $2 billion loan it got from Russia. Hugo Chavez rocks Moscow -Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez brings the house down with his multi-talented performance on stage in front a group of university students in Moscow. | |
| Date: 2009-09-16 08:17:59 - Added by: KMC | |
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| California's Agricultural Crisis & the Immigration Dilemma | PBS | |
| http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2009/09/california_the.html How a three-year drought and tough economic times are stirring the immigration debate in California's Central Valley. | |
| Date: 2009-09-16 08:17:12 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 781 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Countdown to CO2-penhagen -Time for Climate Justice Campaign | |
| Christian Aid - Southern Campaigners | |
| Date: 2009-09-16 07:58:28 - Added by: KMC | |
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| One on One - Jesse Jackson - Part 2 | |
| Riz Khan talks to one of the leading campaigners for African-American rights. | |
| Date: 2009-09-16 07:41:45 - Added by: KMC | |
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| The Tar Sands: The Biggest Capital Investment Project & Biggest Environmental Disaster. | |
| The tar sands also called oil sands are one of the largest remaining deposits of oil in the world. Developing the tar sands has created the biggest industrial development project, the biggest capital investment project, and the biggest energy project in the world. It has also created a literal hell on earth. The tar sands are what unrestrained fossil fuel use and unchecked greenhouse gas emissions look like. They are pushing us towards runaway climate change. | |
| Date: 2009-09-16 06:55:34 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 794 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Stunning Figures: Cost of Healthcare Lobbyists Buying Politicians | |
| Watch more at http://www.theyoungturks.com | |
| Date: 2009-09-15 09:06:25 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 749 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 5 | |