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UK health officials urge against antibiotics
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Britian's top health official says antibiotic resistance could be a catastrophic threat to the future of medicine. She's calling for pharmaceutical companies to focus on developing new drugs. Al Jazeera's Emma Haywa...
Iranians plant 1m trees on Tree Week
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It's tree planting week in Iran. Almost two weeks before the Iranian New Year, officials and citizens in Tehran are out planting trees. Iran's Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei also planted two saplings to mark t...
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez dies of cancer
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died after a two-year battle with cancer, ending the socialist leader's 14-year rule of the South American country, Vice President Nicolas Maduro has said in a televised speech. ...
Ukraine to put more restrictions on imported drugs
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Ukraine has adopted a new law that blocks import of foreign manufactured medicines without a license into Ukraine. The registration of drugs in Ukraine used to be valid for a period of up to five years. From now on,...
Olympic officials to exclude wrestling from 2020 Olympics
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Wrestling may be excluded from 2020 Summer Olympics. The recommendation has been made by the International Olympic Committee. Wrestling is one of the oldest sports in the world. Some archeologists say its origins ca...
Anonymous US Demands to Assassinate Assange (Ṫḧḕ Ḧḭṽḕ)
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igh-level US government officials, including Clinton and Biden, demand for the assassination of Assange and to list WikiLeaks as a terrorist organization
‘Tortured’ Palestinian inmate’s funeral held
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Thousands of Palestinian mourners have gathered in the town on Sair in the occupied West Bank for the funeral of Arafat Jaradat, who died in an Israeli jail under disputed circumstances. Palestinian officials say pr...
WikiLeaks: Hu-Wen’s Anti-corruption Was Rejected by Politburo Standing Committee
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Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Like us on FACEBOOK: In a cable released by WikiLeaks stated that 10 years ago, Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao, then new Chinese communist leaders, attempted to push openness in both med...
Tensions running high between Montreal police, city officials
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This week Montreal police raided the city hall and six borough offices. While the Mayor Michael Applebaum at first insisted he is not under investigation the story seems to be changing. The operation was carried out...
Myanmar holds peace talks with ethnic groups
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Myanmar's reformist government has held peace talks with a federation of ethnic groups to try to resolve issues including the conflict in the northern state of Kachin. The United Nationalities Federal Council, which...
Iran’s Presidential election (I)
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As the country is getting close to June, all Iranians, from politicians to the people on the street, discuss and debate about the upcoming presidential election more and more. Parties and fractions in Iran also make...
China leader vows to tackle corruption
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Chinese State media says more than 160 thousand officials were caught out last year, up 12 percent on 2011. 60 of those cases were at a senior level. The highest profile being the downfall of former Chonquing Commun...
Hackers hit Apple in wake of Facebook attack
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Apple said it suffered a cyber attack similar to the one recently carried out against Facebook, but that it repelled the invaders before its data was plundered. The maker of iPhones, iPads, iPods, and Macintosh comp...
Tehran hosts 12th Intl. Traffic & Transportation Conference
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12th International Traffic and Transportation Conference in Tehran. Experts and officials from around twenty countries have attended a two day conference in Tehran to discuss the most important problems standing in ...
Yemenis hold anti-US protest
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Protesters in Sana'a have staged a demonstration after Friday Prayers calling for the prosecution of government officials believed to have been involved in the killing of peaceful demonstrators during the Yemeni upr...
Multiple car bomb attacks target Iraq’s Shia community
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More than eight car bombs detonated in Shia areas of Baghdad have killed at least 26 people. No one has taken responsibility although security officials blame the attacks on al-Qaeda in Iraq. Al Jazeera's Jane Arraf...
Dozens dead in Pakistan sectarian attack
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A bomb in southwestern Pakistan has killed at least 72 people and left more than 200 others injured, rights activists and officials say. The improvised explosive device, which was attached to a vehicle outside a veg...
‘Successor to follow Chavez footsteps’
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A Tehran-based political commentator tells Press TV that Hugo Chavez's successor is expected to follow his footsteps and will undertake serious efforts in order to uplift the poor people of Venezuela. Venezuela's le...