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Inside Iraq - Who controls Khanaqin? - 05 Sep 08 - Part 1 A new flashpoint is brewing between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), over the city of Khanaqin, in northern Iraq's Diyala province. Tension has been simmering since the Iraqi defence ministry ordered Kurdish Peshmerga forces, who have been providing security in Khanaqin, to be replaced by Iraqi troops. The majority of Kurds who control Khanaqin want the city to be integrated into the KRG in northern Iraq. But in a recent move to curb growing Kurdish expansion, Nuri Al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, ordered the Iraqi army to force Kurdish parties to vacate public buildings in the city. Massoud Barzani, the KRG president, accused Baghdad of trying to derail the democratic process in the country as the Kurds consider Khanaqin to be part of Kurdistan. Al-Maliki shot back by threatening to prosecute any Peshmerga forces operating outside KRG controlled areas. Inside Iraq this week scrutinises the implications of the rising political tension between Baghdad and the KRG as the Kurds are increasingly claiming a stake on disputed territories in the north of the country. Our guests this week are Dindar Zebari, KRG Coordinator to the UN, Brian Katulis from the Centre of American Progress and Saad N Jawad, author and political analyst from London. Tags: Inside Iraq Khanaqin Diyala Kurdish Peshmerga Dindar Zebari KRG Brian Katulis Saad Jawad Massoud Barzani |
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Inside Iraq - Who controls Khanaqin? - 05 Sep 08 - Part 2 A new flashpoint is brewing between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), over the city of Khanaqin, in northern Iraq's Diyala province. Tension has been simmering since the Iraqi defence ministry ordered Kurdish Peshmerga forces, who have been providing security in Khanaqin, to be replaced by Iraqi troops. The majority of Kurds who control Khanaqin want the city to be integrated into the KRG in northern Iraq. But in a recent move to curb growing Kurdish expansion, Nuri Al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, ordered the Iraqi army to force Kurdish parties to vacate public buildings in the city. Massoud Barzani, the KRG president, accused Baghdad of trying to derail the democratic process in the country as the Kurds consider Khanaqin to be part of Kurdistan. Al-Maliki shot back by threatening to prosecute any Peshmerga forces operating outside KRG controlled areas. Inside Iraq this week scrutinises the implications of the rising political tension between Baghdad and the KRG as the Kurds are increasingly claiming a stake on disputed territories in the north of the country. Our guests this week are Dindar Zebari, KRG Coordinator to the UN, Brian Katulis from the Centre of American Progress and Saad N Jawad, author and political analyst from London. Tags: Inside Iraq Khanaqin Diyala Kurdish Peshmerga Dindar Zebari KRG Brian Katulis Saad Jawad Massoud Barzani |
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We the People - Religion in the US - 5 Sep 08 -Part 1 How do US communities today balance their religious beliefs with their political pursuits? Filmmaker Ilan Ziv spent much of the last year observing and documenting life in Anderson, South Carolina, a place where 90 percent of the residents go to church. This small town is a snapshot of how America balances Church and State. Ziv's perspective is unique. He fled his homeland, Israel, in order to escape the volatile mix of religion and politics there. He wanted to build a life in a country where he felt religion was not always uppermost in people's minds. But as he reveals in this episode of We the People, religious fervor in the US is alive and well. Tags: religion evangelical christianity US south carolina election issue we the people al jazeera ilan ziv |
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We the People - Religion in the US - 5 Sep 08 -Part 2 How do US communities today balance their religious beliefs with their political pursuits? Filmmaker Ilan Ziv spent much of the last year observing and documenting life in Anderson, South Carolina, a place where 90 percent of the residents go to church. This small town is a snapshot of how America balances Church and State. Ziv's perspective is unique. He fled his homeland, Israel, in order to escape the volatile mix of religion and politics there. He wanted to build a life in a country where he felt religion was not always uppermost in people's minds. But as he reveals in this episode of We the People, religious fervor in the US is alive and well. Tags: religion evangelical christianity US south carolina election issue we the people al jazeera ilan ziv |
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Listening Post - Republican convention - 05 Sep 08 - Part 1 This week on The Listening Post, we bring you a critique of the media coverage of the run up to and during the week-long Republican National Convention. We look back at the Ingrid Betancourt rescue by the Colombian government and ask some searching questions. In News Divide, we see what happened when the McCain 'Straight Talk Express' made a stop at in Minnesota for the Republican National Convention, despite the threat of derailment by Hurricane Gustav and shock news of a teenage pregnancy. Like the Democratic party did the past week during its convention, the Republicans wanted to seize this opportunity to display party unity and show off McCain's chosen running mate: Sarah Palin. However, with Hurricane Gustav cutting a devastating path along the Gulf Coast, the party re-choreographed the event to avoid a major PR blunder. When the hurricane was at its fiercest, reporters learned that the dyed-in-the-wool conservative's daughter, Bristol Palin, was about to become a mother, out of wedlock and at the age of 17. In the second half of our show, Salah Khadr poses the following question: was the release of Ingrid Betancourt (and 14 other hostages) by the South American FARC rebel group earlier this year too good to be true? It has been alleged that military personnel impersonated both humanitarian workers in the form of Red Cross and journalists from pan-Latin American TV station, Telesur, as part of the ruse that enabled them to get close to the guerrillas, and release the hostages. The against-all-the-odds success of 'Operation Checkmate' raises a whole host of questions, with regards to the mode of rescue and the long term implications it may have on journalists and aid workers in similar situations. In Newsbytes, we revisit the case of imprisoned Egyptian blogger, Kareem Amer and the new laws that the Mubarak government is employing to keep tabs on internet users. We report on Ingushetian journalist, Magomed Yevloyev, who was shot in the head whilst in Russian police custody. Finally, still in Russia, we see how prime minister and self-styled Action Man figure, Vladimir Putin, supposedly acted the hero when he shot a predatory Siberian tiger dead. Finally, for our Video of the Week, we show you how Al Jazeera made the news in Golden, Colorado, as reported by the Washington Post's Dana Milbank. Tags: Listening Post Republican Ingrid Betancourt Colombia FARC Gustav Egypt Kareem Amer Magomed Yevloyev Dana Milbank |
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Listening Post - Republican convention - 05 Sep 08 - Part 2 This week on The Listening Post, we bring you a critique of the media coverage of the run up to and during the week-long Republican National Convention. In News Divide, we see what happened when the McCain 'Straight Talk Express' made a stop at in Minnesota for the Republican National Convention, despite the threat of derailment by Hurricane Gustav and shock news of a teenage pregnancy. Like the Democratic party did the past week during its convention, the Republicans wanted to seize this opportunity to display party unity and show off McCain's chosen running mate: Sarah Palin. However, with Hurricane Gustav cutting a devastating path along the Gulf Coast, the party re-choreographed the event to avoid a major PR blunder. When the hurricane was at its fiercest, reporters learned that the dyed-in-the-wool conservative's daughter, Bristol Palin, was about to become a mother, out of wedlock and at the age of 17. In the second half of our show, Salah Khadr poses the following question: was the release of Ingrid Betancourt (and 14 other hostages) by the South American FARC rebel group earlier this year too good to be true? It has been alleged that military personnel impersonated both humanitarian workers in the form of Red Cross and journalists from pan-Latin American TV station, Telesur, as part of the ruse that enabled them to get close to the guerrillas, and release the hostages. The against-all-the-odds success of 'Operation Checkmate' raises a whole host of questions, with regards to the mode of rescue and the long term implications it may have on journalists and aid workers in similar situations. In Newsbytes, we revisit the case of imprisoned Egyptian blogger, Kareem Amer and the new laws that the Mubarak government is employing to keep tabs on internet users. We report on Ingushetian journalist, Magomed Yevloyev, who was shot in the head whilst in Russian police custody. Finally, still in Russia, we see how prime minister and self-styled Action Man figure, Vladimir Putin, supposedly acted the hero when he shot a predatory Siberian tiger dead. Finally, for our Video of the Week, we show you how Al Jazeera made the news in Golden, Colorado, as reported by the Washington Post's Dana Milbank. Tags: Listening Post Republican Ingrid Betancourt Colombia FARC Gustav Egypt Kareem Amer Magomed Yevloyev Dana Milbank |
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Floods devastate Haiti - 05 Sept 2008 Devastating floods and hunger are hitting the people of Haiti where at least 137 people had died when tropical storm Hanna struck. Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo reports from Port-au-Prince, the country's capital, where more storms could be on the way. Tags: al jazeera english aljazeera haiti port au prince hanna teresa bo floods |
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A winding road for Iraq's paralympic team - 05 Sept 2008 The Paralympic Games will soon begin in Beijing where at least 4,000 disabled athletes from around the world will compete. Al Jazeera's Omar al Saleh went to meets with the contestants who despite facing troubled times at home and a lack of funding, Iraq is sending its largest team to date. Tags: al jazeera aljazeera english omar saleh iraq paralympic games olympics |
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"Change is coming," McCain tells convention - 05 Sept 2008 John McCain's speech comes 24 hours after Sarah Palin, his vice-presidential running mate, which attracted a TV audience of more than 37 million people. After formally accepted his Republican Party's nomination, Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds wraps up the Republican convention in Minnesota where McCain gave his patriotic speech. Tags: al jazeera aljazeera english mccain rob reynolds republican minnesota palin obama democrat |
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Inside Story - Rice visits Libya - 03 Sep 08 - Part 1 Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, is to make a "historic" first visit to Libya on Friday, September 5, 2008. Her visit will be the first by a US secretary of state to Libya since 1953. Libya was on the state department list of state sponsors of terrorism until 2006, when it abandoned weapons of mass destruction and renounced terrorism. Earlier this month, Libya agreed a compensation deal for families of the victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. The deal paved the way for Rice's visit to what was once considered a pariah state. Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, was once described by the late President Ronald Reagan as a "mad dog". We ask what's changed for both countries - and why? And who stands to benefit the most as the money pours in? Tags: Inside Story US Condoleezza Rice Libya Muammar Gaddafi Lockerbie bombing terrorism oil |
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Inside Story - Rice visits Libya - 03 Sep 08 - Part 2 Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, is to make an historic first visit to Libya on Friday, September 5, 2008. Her visit will be the first by a US secretary of state to Libya since 1953. Libya was on the state department list of state sponsors of terrorism until 2006, when it abandoned weapons of mass destruction and renounced terrorism. Earlier this month, Libya agreed a compensation deal for families of the victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. The deal paved the way for Rice's visit to what was once considered a pariah state. Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, was once described by the late President Ronald Reagan as a "mad dog". We ask what's changed for both countries - and why? And who stands to benefit the most as the money pours in? Tags: Inside Story US Condoleezza Rice Libya Muammar Gaddafi Lockerbie bombing terrorism oil |
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Sri Lankan troops close on the Tigers' lair While fierce fighting continues between the Sri Lankan army and the Tamil Tigers, the war has reached what the Sri Lankan government calls "a decisive and impressive" phase". Al Jazeera's Minelle Fernandez reports from Sri Lanka where government forces had captured a key Tamil Tiger strong hold in the north of the country. Tags: al jazeera aljazeera english minelle fernandez sri lanka tamil tigers colombo LTTE |
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Locking horns over politics in Thailand -- 05 September 2008 Hundreds of royalists and wealthy urban residents continue to occupy the office grounds of Samak Sundaravej, Thailand's prime minister, in the capital, Bangkok. They are demanding he step down, accusing him of corruption and of being a proxy of Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted Thai leader. But in the country's rural heartland, Al Jazeera found that support for Samak's government and Thaksin remains strong, as David Hawkins reports. Tags: thailand political crisis rural stag beetle contest david hawkins aljazeera |
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Obama on conservative show O'Reilly Factor - 05 Sep 08 On the same night John McCain accepted the Republican party's nomination, rival Barack Obama appeared on a prominent, right-wing television talk show. Conservative host Bill O'Reilly interviewed Obama during a campaign stop in York Pennsylvania. Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports. Tags: Al Jazeera aljazeera Barack Obama Bill O'Reilly Factor |
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Riz Khan Extra - Ron Paul - 03 September 08 Ron Paul, the US Republican congressman for Texas and former presidential candidate, talks to Al Jazeera's Riz Khan about why the US needs a "third way" in its political system, foreign policy, and how the web is revolutionising politics. Tags: Al Jazeera Riz Khan Ron Paul Republican convention Minnesota US presidential election |
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McCain faces high bar after Palin speech - 04 Sept 2008 John McCain, the Republican White House hopeful, will accept his party's nomination for US President. Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds in Minnesota, reports how McCaain will follow up with a widely-praised speech from Sarah Palin, his running mate. Tags: al jazeera aljazeera english mccain obama republican democrate sarah palin rob reynolds |
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101 East - Bangkok Blues - 04 Sep 08 - Part 1 With anti-government protests continuing in Thailand, 101 East looks at the increasing pressure facing Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. Thailand's politics are in turmoil. Samak Sundaravej, the Prime Minister, has declared a state of emergency after vicious clashes between rival gangs of pro and anti-government protestors on the streets on Bangkok. Meanwhile, thousands of protesters remain camped out at Government House, at the office of the Prime Minister. They want him to resign and are calling for the dismantling of the country's democratic system. 101 East examines if the ruling coalition can weather the storm or will yet another Thai government come crashing down? Tags: 101 East Thailand Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej protests state of emergency |
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101 East - Bangkok Blues - 04 Sep 08 - Part 2 With anti-government protests continuing in Thailand, 101 East looks at the increasing pressure facing Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. Thailand's politics are in turmoil. Samak Sundaravej, the Prime Minister, has declared a state of emergency after vicious clashes between rival gangs of pro and anti-government protestors on the streets on Bangkok. Meanwhile, thousands of protesters remain camped out at Government House, at the office of the Prime Minister. They want him to resign and are calling for the dismantling of the country's democratic system. 101 East examines if the ruling coalition can weather the storm or will yet another Thai government come crashing down? Tags: 101 East Thailand Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej protests state of emergency |
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John McCain's past - 4 Sept 2008 John McCain, the White House hopeful, is trying to show Americans why he should replace George Bush as the next US president. Meanwhile in Vietnam, Al Jazeera's Josh Rushing catches up with the Republican candidate's past where he served in the Vietnam war. Tags: aljazeera al jazeera english josh rushing john mccain republican minnesota obama vietnam |
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Talk to Al Jazeera - Ehud Barak - 4 Sep 08 - Part 1 Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, speaks to Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland from central command in Tel Aviv. Just two weeks before Israel gets a new prime minister and potentially a new government Barak discusses his own political aspirations. He also talks about Israel's military preparations for any threat posed by Iran, about controversial Jeiwsh settlements and his country's security fence. Tags: Israel tel aviv ehud barak israel defence minister palestinians kadima election interview |
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Talk to Al Jazeera - Ehud Barak - 4 Sep 08 - Part 2 Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, speaks to Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland from central command in Tel Aviv. Just two weeks before Israel gets a new prime minister and potentially a new government Barak discusses his own political aspirations. He also talks about Israel's military preparations for any threat posed by Iran, about controversial Jeiwsh settlements and his country's security fence. Tags: Israel tel aviv ehud barak israel defence minister palestinians kadima election interview |
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Pakistan's refugees on the border of chaos - 4 Sept 2008 The political crisis in Pakistan has spread brutal and bloody conflict throughout the country. Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna in northwest Pakistan has an exclusive report on the violence that had claimed hundreds of lives in the remote mountains in the Bajur state where thousands have been forced out of their homes. Tags: aljazeera al jazeera jazeeraenglish mike hanna afghanistan pakistan refugees islamabad |
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Riz Khan - Libertarian candidate Bob Barr - 3 Sep 08 Riz is joined at the Republican convention in St Paul bythe former Republican congressman and now Libertarian candidate, Bob Barr. We ask if it is possible to really establish a third party in the US political system or if he is just a spoiler for John McCain. Tags: riz khan al jazeera republican convention democrat obama mccain presidential election bob barr libertaian |
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Riz Khan - Ron Paul's revolution - 3 Sep 08 Ron Paul, the US Republican congressman for Texas and former presidential candidate, talks to Al Jazeera's Riz Khan about why the US needs a "third way" in its political system, foreign policy, and how the web is revolutionising politics. Tags: riz khan al jazeera republican convention democrat obama mccain presidential election ron paul third way |
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Riz Khan - How can the Republicans win? - 03 Sep 08 - Part 1 Riz examines internal Republican politics. Will the presumptive presidential nominee John McCain be able to unite his party around a shared mission and vision? J.C. Watts, who was the only African American Republican Congressman for the eight years he served, and Republican pollster and strategist Kelly Ann Conway join Riz to discuss the issues facing the Republican party and the way forward. Tags: riz khan al jazeera republicans john mccain convention st paul minnesota US election president |
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Riz Khan - How can the Republicans win? - 03 Sep 08 - Part 2 Riz examines internal Republican politics. Will the presumptive presidential nominee John McCain be able to unite his party around a shared mission and vision? J.C. Watts, who was the only African American Republican Congressman for the eight years he served, and Republican pollster and strategist Kelly Ann Conway join Riz to discuss the issues facing the Republican party and the way forward. Tags: riz khan al jazeera republicans john mccain convention st paul minnesota US election president |
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Taliban claim 'stronger than ever' in Ghazni - 04 Sep 08 Pakistan has made no secret of its bid to wipe out tribal fighters in the country's north. But across the border in Afghanistan, Taliban fighters are confident they're stronger than ever. As part of our special coverage of the region we've visited Ghazni province - an area that provides a route for fighters between the border region and Kabul. James Bays reports. Tags: Al Jazeera aljazeera Pakistan Taliban Afghanistan Ghazni |
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Pakistan 'bordering on chaos' - 03 Aug 08 Pakistan is battling Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters in the country's tribal regions, a problem compounded by the porous border with Afghanistan. Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna reports on this shared, troubled fronteir. Tags: al jazeera Pakistan Taliban Afghanistan Durrand line border Islamabad Kabul Mike Hanna |
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Alaska's 'hockey mum' - 03 Sept 08 Sarah Palin, the Republican's choice for vice-president in the US election race, has experienced increasing media interest in her past since she joined John McCain, the Republican nominee, in his bid for the White House. Al Jazeera's Monica Villamizar reports from Palin's hometown on how people there view the Alaska governor. Tags: al jazeera Alaska Sarah Palin US politics president Republican election Monica Vilhamizar |
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Bordering on Chaos: Pakistan's porous state lines - 3 Sep 08 International media attention has been fixed on Pakistan ever since it was labelled a critical frontline in the so-called global fight against terror. As the country prepares for a crucial election to select a new president we're focusing on the effect of political instability beyond Islamabad. The relationship with its neighbours and a recent surge in violence has been largely overlooked in recent months. James Bays looks the porous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan on patrol with the Afghan border police. Tags: pakistan afghanistan border aljazeera james bays |