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• Quote of the Day: Supremes Reconsider Life Sentences for Juvie Thugs

  
  Debbie Schlussel — Authority: 624
  By Debbie SchlusselLast month, I published a column on, Sullivan v. Florida and Graham v. Florida, two cases the U.S. Supreme Court is considering, which challenge life sentences in prison for juveniles, claiming they are cruel and unusual punishment.  There are 110 juvenile convicts, nationwide, who are serving life ...
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• Al Jazeera English Puts Healthcare Bill Into Perspective

  
  Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution — Authority: 438
  Considering H . R . 3962 received 215 NOES , including 39 Democrats, and bans the public options from providing abortion care , actual Health Care Reform may still be an uphill battle in the United States. As Al Jazeera English points out , with the impending midterm elections and the number of seats in the ...
  2 days ago

• Muslim Bashing in Mainstream Media

  
  PrernaLal.com — Authority: 420
  Media Bias on Fort Hood Tragedy This isn’t particularly surprising. American civil liberties get massacred during such crises. Instead of calling Major Hasan an ‘alleged’ shooter till he is confirmed guilty by a court of law (Fifth Amendment), speculators have already gone judge, jury and executioner on him. ...
  3 days ago

• YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 431
  A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare. The video parodies Liberal MP Alex Hawke by portraying him as an enraged Adolf Hitler, echoing a YouTube trend of dubbing Hitler biopic Downfall with fake ...
  3 days ago

• New Bin Laden Videotape Not New According To Experts

  
  Homeland Security News — Authority: 527
  Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released a new videotape on Friday however it appears to actually be the Pashto-language version of a tape released by al Qaeda several months ago.The tape, titled “To Our People in Pakistan,” was broadly released in Arabic and Urdu on July 12, IntelCenter said. Excerpts had been ...
  3 days ago

• Chinese authors demand Google apology – news video report

  
  dailyQi — Authority: 137
  Chinese authors demand Google apology – 05 Nov 09: “It claims to be the world’s favourite search engine but the Internet giant Google is making few friends among a group of Chinese authors. They say the company has violated international copyright standards by scanning more than 20,000 Chinese books.” ...
  3 days ago

• A Wide-Ranging Look at Beijing Street Food

  
  Young & Hungry — Authority: 565
  Mark Furstenberg may be finding it a challenge to sell the world’s best street foods to Washingtonians , but at least he wasn’t hawking hand-held snacks in China during Chairman Mao ’s reign. Some Chinese street foods were apparently lost forever under Mao. This fascinating segment, from Al Jazeera English ...
  4 days ago

• Video : George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev on Fall of Berlin Wall ‘It Wouldn’t Have Been Prudent to Celebrate’

  
  Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution — Authority: 438
  Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and Al Jazeera English’s David Frost sat down with former U.S. President George H.W. Bush and former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev: “ I always thought that History was a very fickle lady “
  4 days ago

• DumbAssity of the Week: U.S. Embassy Makes Al-Jazeera its Landlord?!

  
  Debbie Schlussel — Authority: 624
  By Debbie SchlusselNormally, the U.S. embassy in any foreign country–whether ally or not–is supposed to be a high national security priority.  Not only are top secret conversations held and classified documents contained in American embassies, but they are frequently targets of terrorist attack because they ...
  5 days ago

• The price of oil

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 507
  Oil revenue accounts for more than 90 percent of Iraqs annual budget, and much of the future planning was made when oil prices hit record highs in 2008, [United States Institute of Peaces Sam] Parker says. Now that crude prices have fallen, Baghdad feels new pressure to ramp up production: The Oil Ministry hopes to be ...
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• US U-turn on Middle East peace process – 01 Nov 09

  
  Better World Movement — Authority: 138
  The Palestinians are accusing Washington of killing all hope of reviving the peace process with the Israelis. It comes after the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, signaled a U-turn on settlement building. During a visit to Jerusalem, she told the Palestinians – the issue is not now a precondition for ...
  6 days ago

• Video : Indian Deoband Denounces Violence in Islam

  
  Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution — Authority: 438
  I’m not entirely certain what Zaid Hamid’s accusations amounted to, especially considering Pakistan’s documented role in creating the Taliban in Afghanistan, but the declarations by the deoband are much needed in the Muslim world. Even if the deoband statements are carefully timed political statements, having ...
  6 days ago

• Ingushetia: A Second Chechnya?

  
  FINROSFORUM — Authority: 127
  On 25 October 2009, Maksharip Aushev, an Ingush businessman and civil opposition leader, was murdered by unknown gunmen who sprayed his car with more than 60 bullets. Shortly before his death, filmmakers Dom Rotheroe and Antony Butts spoke with him for their film on the conflict in the Russian republic of Ingushetia. ...
  6 days ago

• Why Are Children In Turkey Disappearing?

  
  ForWomenOnline — Authority: 485
  There has been growing alarm in Turkey over the huge increase in the number of missing children. More than 1,000 children have vanished so far this year. Nobody seems to know why, or have any idea where they may have gone. Al Jazeera talks to Nilufer Narli, a sociology professor in Istanbul, about the shocking ...
  6 days ago

• Dr. Abdullah on Karzai’s Second Term ‘Without the People’s Support’

  
  Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution — Authority: 438
  At a press conference today, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah spoke out on Hamid Karzai’s second term as President of Afghanistan. At the press conference, Dr. Abdullah continued to call out the IEC for their pro-Karzai stance and stated that Karzai’s second term in office comes without the support of the Afghan people: ...
  6 days ago

• Al Jazeera Video: Argentina’s Trouble With Iran

  
  The Argentine Post — Authority: 468
  If you’re not familiar with the story behind Argentina’s troubled relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran, and what this has to do with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center...
  6 days ago

• The Obama presidency one year on – news video report 04 Nov 09

  
  dailyQi — Authority: 137
  It is a year since Barack Obama was elected as the U.S. president. His election – and the end of George Bush’s tenure – was celebrated by many in the United States and around the world. Obama’s message of change had struck a chord at home and abroad but the expectations he raised were high. Reporter Rob ...
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• Nigeria Rebels Threaten to End Ceasefire

  
  shapeshift.net — Authority: 127
  Nigerias main rebel group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), is threatening to call off its ceasefire with the government if foreign oil companies do not leave their land. (3:58 min)
  6 days ago

• Argentinas ex-President Reynaldo Bignone is on trial for torture and mass murder

  
  newsjiffy — Authority: 424
  The trial of former President of Argentina Reynaldo Bignone has begun in Argentina, according to the BBC . Also on trial are five of his former army officers, including intelligence chief General Santiago Omar Riveros, and a Buenos Aires police commissione. The seven are accused of the kidnapping,torture and murder ...
  1 week ago

• Video : Dr. Abdullah Supporters on Election Outcome, Karzai ‘Stole’ Presidency

  
  Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution — Authority: 438
  “ The first thing Karzai must do is to clamp down on corruption , restore security and provide jobs for people “
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