The world’s biggest economies have reached a deal on how to track imbalances in the global economy. The issue has been blamed for making the 2008 financial crisis much worse than it might have been. China was initially reluctant but came on board in the end. Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland reports from the G20 finance ministers’ meeting in Paris
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Al Jazeera talks to two witnesses in the eastern coastal city of Benghazi, where more than 100 have reportedly died, including young people. In the United States, activist Mohamed Eljahmi says he has been told longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi is using mercenaries from Chad, Niger and Bangladesh to put down proteseters.
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The eastern Libyan city of Baidah has been a scene of death and violent clashes. Hospitals are struggling to cope with the influx of patients and people are worried about more chaos ahead. Al Jazeera’s Omar Al Saleh reports on recently obtained video footage from Baidah, where protesters are refusing to bow down to government intimidation.
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In Bahrain, thousands of people have returned to Pearl Roundabout, the centre of anti-regime protests and the scene of two separate attacks by security forces. But police and soldiers have now left the area and the government says talks with opposition groups are under way. Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports from Manama where many protesters say they won’t be attending.
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For all the romance of the writer as revolutionary, few have dared to man the barricades Worried about the future role of the book? Consider this tale of two novels. In France, disaffected voters have been defiantly reading La
Continue reading …In direct contrast to the “delirious joy” in Bahrain, the death toll keeps climbing in Libya’s protests. Moammar Gadhafi’s minions killed another 20 people today, bringing the five-day total to at least 104, says Human Rights Watch. Gadhafi has effectively shut off Internet service and forbid media coverage, but witnesses…
Continue reading …With the first baby boomers beginning to retire, the Wall Street Journal takes a look at how well their 401(k)s are holding up. Conclusion, in the form of a question: What kind of part-time work would best suit you in your golden years? Most households don’t have anywhere near the…
Continue reading …They just couldn’t resist: Two construction workers in Florence, Alabama, stole 48 pounds of marijuana from a police evidence room they were working on, authorities say. The men were hired to install a vent in the room (so drug fumes could escape) and allegedly stuffed the confiscated pot into their…
Continue reading …Anti-abortion groups—and at least one Catholic hospital—are embracing a procedure being called an “unbortion,” and The Week offers a primer. It involves stopping a second-semester abortion after it has begun, possible because the procedure takes more than one visit to complete. In the first step, doctors insert a…
Continue reading …A female author escalates the girls-rule-boys-drool argument into the stratosphere with a damning essay about twenty-something males in today’s Wall Street Journal . While women in their 20s are turning into responsible adults, guys are hung up in a state of “puerile shallowness,” writes Kay S. Hymowitz in an essay adapted…
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