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Out There News investigates for Al Jazeera's People and Power why a massive Australian government programme to tackle poverty, alcoholism and violence in Aboriginal communities has provoked anger and despair among the people it is designed to help. Comments (0) |
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| Sharks of Kuwait |
TX Al Jazeera English August 2010 - watch the film "I’ve always wanted to swim with sharks, but I never thought that would bring me to Kuwait. I grew up in Dubai, I’m an environmentalist and scuba diver. But sharks, in the Gulf? Nobody thought about them." Zeina Aboul Hosn was thrilled to be invited to film the first expedition to study sharks in the Gulf. She didn't bargain for the emotional journey ahead. Comments (2) |
| The Iraqi Candidate: The Result |
 TX Al Jazeera English June 2010 - Watch the film Abdulrahman Dheyab's campaign for election to the Iraqi parliament reaches the moment of truth: voting day and the result. Comments (0) |
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| The Iraqi Candidate |
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Abdulrahman Dheyab has left his young wife, newborn son and a comfortable life in London to risk his life standing as a parliamentary candidate in Iraq's elections. Comments (0) |
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| Darfur Plays |
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TX Al Jazeera English December 2009 - Watch the film Darfur has been devastated by war for six years. But filmmaker Mia Bittar found a group of young Darfuris determined to heal their country - through street theatre. Comments (0) |
| Betrayed In Basra |
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TX Al Jazeera English January 2009
The British Ministry of Defence has abandoned many of the Iraqis who risked their lives as translators for British troops in Basra. Comments (0) |
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Watch the Age of Stupid show from Copenhagen
Written by Paul Eedle Friday, 11 December 2009 11:37
Franny Armstrong and Lizzie Gillett are broadcasting from the Copenhagen Climate Change meeting all week - watch history in the making.
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Why did they do it?
Written by Paul Eedle Friday, 11 December 2009 11:47
Eight years after the 9/11 attacks, four years after the 7/7 suicide bombings in London, an entire counter-terrorism industry has grown up in Britain. The government is spending £140 million on social programmes to 'counter violent extremism'. But do policymakers really understand what they are doing?
Here is a paper I wrote for a workshop with a group of academics working on "radicalisation" - a term which policymakers use all the time but which researchers find dangerously misleading.
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British media miss new US strategy in Afghanistan
Written by Paul Eedle Wednesday, 19 August 2009 08:14
British media have stirred fierce arguments about the war in Afghanistan in the last six weeks, provoked by heavy casualties during Operation Panther's Claw in Helmand. Commentators have lined up to say this is a futile war run by incompetent politicians, fought by an under-sized, under-equipped army.
The mass of coverage, though, has largely missed a vital new part of the story: a total change of strategy by the US...
Read the full piece on the Guardian's Comment is Free
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Help the UK Iraq Inquiry to succeed
Written by Paul Eedle Thursday, 30 July 2009 17:13
The UK Iraq Inquiry started work on 30 July and its chair, Sir John Chilcott, promised open hearings and transcripts on the Web. How can we make sure the Inquiry really investigates the questions that British and Iraqi people affected by the war want answered?Comments (1)
Welcome to the Middle East, 2030
Written by Paul Eedle Wednesday, 15 July 2009 23:03
What if Barack Obama can make peace between the Arabs and Israel? It's easy to see how he might fail. But what if he succeeds and really does create a "new beginning between the United States and Muslims"? Here is a first draft of history for the next 20 years.Comments (1)
Our dead and their dead
Written by Paul Eedle Wednesday, 08 July 2009 17:35
I was moved visiting the new memorial to the 52 people killed in the 7/7 London bombings. But how about a slightly larger patch of Hyde Park to remember the 100,000 Iraqis killed since America and Britain invaded Iraq in 2003?
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