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News Headlines March 11, 2014: Troops Amass in Russia and Ukraine, Saudi Arabia Wants Al Jazeera Closed, UN Warns of Food Shortages by 2050
Troops Amass Along Ukraine-Russia Border Saudi Arabi Threatens to Blockade Qatar Unless Al-Jazeera Is Closed Atheists in Iraq Fight for Religious Rights Air Malaysia May Have Veered Off Course for an Hour Before Disintegrating, According to Malaysian Officials Japan Seeks to Dump Nuclear Waste Water from Fukushima Russia’s Elite Likely to Escape Sanctions Stemming from […]
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The Civil War in Syria
The civil war in Syria continues to wreck havoc across the country as rebel groups continue their struggle against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Hundreds of thousands of refugees and tens of thousands of casualties are being reported.
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News Headlines July 13, 2013: UN Calls for Protections for Whistleblowers, Protestants Riot in Northern Ireland, George Zimmerman Found Not Guilty in Death of Trayvon Martin
United Nations Human Rights Chief Calls for Protections for Whistleblowers like Edward Snowden Snowden Documents Could Be Nightmare for US Government If Released Turkey Redefines Duties of Its Armed Forces United Kingdom Soldier and Veteran Deaths Outstrip Deaths in War in Afghanistan Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani Sides with Iran’s Youth Protestants in Northern Ireland Riot […]
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Al Jazeera Examines the Media’s Depiction of Edward Snowden
Al Jazeera examined the US media’s portrayal of the Edward Snowden revelations and how this might impact his treatment as either a whistle-blower, or a traitor. Find out how the nuance between these two labels could determine the course for future acts of uncovering domestic and international espionage by the government – do free societies […]
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People’s Republic of China Expels Al-Jazeera
- May 8, 2012
- Al Jazeera
- Asia
- China
- Chinese Communist Party
- Chinese media
- Chinese news media
- Emirates
- Foreign Correspondents' Club of China
- Foreign Direct Investment
- freedom of speech
- freedom of the press
- gulags
- journalism
- journalistic freedom
- journalists
- People's Republic of China
- political re-education
- PRC
- Qatar
- state controlled media
The Emirates-based Al-Jazeera satellite television news network was expelled from China yesterday, May 7, after Beijing refused to renew the press credentials for correspondent Melissa Chan, a normally routine process. Such an action represents the first time in over 14 years that Beijing has refused to renew press credentials for a foreign network. Though no […]
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Francois Hollande Set to Become France’s First Socialist President in Decades
- May 6, 2012
- 2012 French Presidential Election
- Al Jazeera
- Angela Merkel
- Austerity
- Charles de Gaulle
- Continental Politics
- Euro Crisis
- Euro-skepticism
- Europe
- European Union
- Fifth Republic
- financial crisis
- France
- Franco-German Relations
- Francois Hollande
- Francois Mitterand
- Front National
- Gaullism
- Germany
- Marine Le Pen
- Monetary Union
- National Front
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- Parti socialiste
- PS
- public sector
- Single-Currency
- Socialism
- Socialist Party of France
- The Union for a Popular Movement
- unemployment
- Union pour un Mouvement Populaire
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France has long been associated with leftist politics, but with the potential of Francois Hollande, Socialist candidate for President of France, winning the election against Nicolas Sarkozy never before have the prospects of a French return to leftist policies held so much consequence for the rest of continent. Marxism and the French Left: Studies on […]
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