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| Putin answers parliament | |
| Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has finished his first ever address to the State Duma. Putin introduced his anti-crisis programme and answered questions from deputies. | |
| Date: 2009-04-07 15:12:34 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 741 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 3 | |
| Artifact pulls Muslims and Jews apart - 07 Apr 09 | |
| An excavated stone in East Jerusalem has become the subject of a dispute between Jewish and Muslim authorities in Israel. With both sides claiming the stone is part of their respective heritage, neither party is willing to budge. Zeina Awad has more. | |
| Date: 2009-04-07 15:05:35 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 811 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Australia wary as China targets mining giant - 07 Apr 09 | |
| According to a new poll, six out of 10 Australians believe the government should block a multi-billion dollar bid by Chinese mining giant Chinalco to increase its stake in Australian-owned Rio Tinto. Al Jazeera's Aela Callan reports. | |
| Date: 2009-04-07 15:04:06 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 781 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Italy reels from deadliest quake in decades - 07 April 09 | |
| The toll in Italy's deadliest earthquake in decades is expected to rise as rescue workers continue looking for survivors in the rubble of thousands of damaged buildings. The government has declared a state of emergency in the central region of Abruzzo, about 100km from Rome, and pledged financial assistance. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from L'Aquila, close to the epicentre of the quake. | |
| Date: 2009-04-07 14:43:22 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 775 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Debate on Legalizing All Drugs - We Lost The War On Drugs | |
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| Date: 2009-04-07 13:54:22 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 778 - Votes: 4 - Rating: 4.75 | |
| `Iran threat persists` - Obama | |
| Barack Obama has pledged the US will reduce its nuclear stockpile. The American President has given a speech on a range of issues while on a visit to Prague. | |
| Date: 2009-04-06 17:35:31 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 769 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 4.5 | |
| 'Nuclear containment: not a solution' | |
| Russia and the US need equal partnership rather than mutual containment in the nuclear field, believes Dmitry Danilov from the Moscow-based Institute of Europe. | |
| Date: 2009-04-06 17:32:49 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 779 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Obama to Turkey: We are not a Christian nation | |
| President Obama told reporters in Turkey that America is not defined by any one religion. Ive said before that one of the great strengths of the United States is, although, as I mentioned we have a very large Christian population. We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values, said the President. This video is from CNNs American Morning, broadcast Apr. 6, 2009. Shared by Rawreplay.com | |
| Date: 2009-04-06 13:22:03 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 801 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 4.5 | |
| Strasbourg Civil Unrest As NATO Urges Countries To Send More Troops To Afghanistan | |
| Leaders including Gordon Brown, President Barack Obama, and President Nicholas Sarkozy of France will meet on the Franco-German border to discuss sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan. Mr Obama is sending 17,000 more US troops to the country, and wants European members of Nato to increase their contributions. This grand plan will not shorten our dole queue But just as th More..ey opposed American calls for more fiscal stimulus measures, France and Germany have so far rejected US appeals for more troops to the Afghan mission. The row is likely to lead to Mr Brown raising UK troop numbers from their current level of 8,300. British Government sources said they are not expecting the US to make a specific request for UK troops at the Nato meeting in Strasbourg. Instead, Mr Obama will ask the alliance as a whole for a greater military contribution, effectively making one final plea to European allies to send more troops. Nato commanders have said at least another 4,000 are needed. Senior UK sources are resigned to that appeal being refused by European allies, leaving Britain to pick up the slack. In preparation for that outcome, the Ministry of Defence has drawn up options for increasing the UK presence in Afghanistan by as many as 1,700. Those plans are now being considered by Mr Brown, and some commanders are privately frustrated at what they see as the Prime Minister's prevarication over the final decision. The Nato summit is also due to discuss a new secretary-general for the military alliance, a decision that threatens to trigger a separate row. The front-runner for the post is Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the prime minister of Denmark. But his likely appointment has raised tensions with Muslim countries because of Denmark's recent history. In 2005, there were Muslim protests around the world when a Danish newspaper printed cartoons that critics said mocked the prophet Mohammed. Mr Rasmussen defended the paper's decision, saying it had exercised a right to free speech. Turkey, a Nato member, has strongly opposed Mr Rasmussen's appointment. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, last week said said Mr Rasmussen should not get the job and warned that appointing him could make Nato's work harder in Muslim countries like Afghanistan. The two-day summit is scheduled to name the new secretary-general, who will take over in August, but diplomats on Thursday said there is now an even chance that leaders will not make a formal decision this week, putting off the appointment for several weeks instead. | |
| Date: 2009-04-04 10:59:05 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 811 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Anti-NATO activists gear up | |
| Anti-NATO activists are gearing up for mass protests surrounding the alliance's 60th anniversary celebrations. They have gathered in Strasbourg where NATO will hold its summit in April. | |
| Date: 2009-04-04 10:52:40 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 767 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |