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| Afghan civilian deaths help Taliban - 27 Apr 09 | |
| The US says the Taliban poses one of the biggest threats there is to world security. Others welcome their version of law and order, which they say brings peace to the areas they control. There have been deals done in Pakistan recently to give the Taliban power in exchange for calm. That and the groups' resurgence in Afghanistan have brought the group back into the spotlight. Al Jazeera's Nick Clark reports from the heartland of the group, in southern Afghanistan. | |
| Date: 2009-04-27 10:30:43 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 779 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Plea for help lands Chinese in 'black jails' - 27 Apr 09 | |
| Some Chinese seeking help from the central government against local injustices are instead ending up in secret detention centres controlled by local politicians. The politicians are believed to arrange for petitioners to be abducted before they reach Beijing to complain, fearing central government investigations that could hurt their reputations. The central government denies the existence of such "black jails", as Melissa Chan reports. | |
| Date: 2009-04-27 10:29:53 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 765 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Protesters, Police Clash Near IMF Meeting | |
| More than 100 protesters upset with the way world leaders have handled the economic crisis clashed with police Saturday outside the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings. (April 25) | |
| Date: 2009-04-26 23:45:43 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 767 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Sri Lankan civilians trapped in 'no fire zone' | |
| As the Sri Lankan government confronts the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), between 15,000 and 50,000 civilians are estimated to be trapped in the conflict zone - a four square kilometre pocket of land in the northeast. Some civilians are now in about 40 overcrowded camps after fleeing LTTE-held areas. Thousands more have fled to the frontline coastal village of Puttumattalan, which until earlier this week, was in the so-called | |
| Date: 2009-04-26 23:41:43 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 758 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Harman: I Never Intervened In AIPAC Case | |
| more at cnn.com April 21, 2009 | |
| Date: 2009-04-26 08:17:54 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 758 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Headzup: Congresswoman Jane Harman On Being Warrantlessly Wiretapped | |
| http://www.headzup.tv Congresswoman Jane Harman complains about being warrantlessly wiretapped, even though she supported it. Read more about it here-- http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/04/21/harman/index.html Download daily Catch and Release Comedyâ„¢ political cartoons to your mobile phone or iPod at http://www.headzup.tv | |
| Date: 2009-04-25 23:32:27 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 771 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 2 | |
| Hillary To GOPer: Cheney Not A 'Reliable Source' | |
| more at cspan.org April 22, 2009 | |
| Date: 2009-04-25 23:16:21 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 755 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Energy Secretary puzzled by simple question | |
| When Rep. Joe Barton asked the Nobel Prize winning Energy Secretary, Dr. Steven Chu, where oil comes from - he got a puzzling answer. | |
| Date: 2009-04-25 23:14:09 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 753 - Votes: 4 - Rating: 2 | |
| Al Gore Embarrasses Republican Congresswoman | |
| Watch more at http://www.theyoungturks.com. | |
| Date: 2009-04-25 03:10:37 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 773 - Votes: 7 - Rating: 4.43 | |
| Shep Smith - We Don't F*#kin' Torture! | |
| Watch more at http://www.theyoungturks.com | |
| Date: 2009-04-25 03:07:07 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 746 - Votes: 7 - Rating: 4.29 | |