Focus on the IMF

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Counting the Cost -IMF in Focus - 9 Oct 09 - Pt 1

A special focus on the International Monetary Fund and whether it is suited for its purpose.
There were violent protests on the streets of Istanbul as the IMF held its annual meeting. We look at whether recession-hit Turkey can actually live without the IMF.

We also ask if the IMF has lived up to its founding goals, or if its a club for rich countries to dictate growth. And as the developing world takes its seat at the financial table, can the IMF adapt and embrace reform in times of economic upheaval?

Counting the Cost -IMF in Focus - 9 Oct 09 - Pt 2

On subject of Israeli and Hamas war crimes in the Gaza Incident in January

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Inside Story - The Goldstone report - 18 Oct 09 24mins

Varied vids from al jazeera english

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Sri Lankan livelihoods on the line - 19 Oct 09

Thousands of jobs in Sri Lanka's garment industry could be under threat because of the country's human rights record.
The European Union is meeting this week to consider changes to special privileges for the country's textile industry.
With 250,000 people still displaced by the fighting between the army and Tamil Tigers earlier this year, the EU says Colombo is not meeting its obligations on human rights.

Okinawa base future uncertain - 20 Oct 09 US troops in Japan

The US defence secretary Robert Gates is visiting Japan as its new government signals it wants to review military ties with Washington.
While Tokyo says it is committed to the strategic alliance, Japan's newly-elected prime minister has said he wants a "more equal" relationship.
One of the key issues is the future of a major US military base on the island of Okinawa.
From there, Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett takes a look at what's at stake.

Civilians caught up South Waziristan fighting - 20 Oct 09

Al Jazeera has evidence that civilians are increasingly being caught up in Pakistan's attempts to crush the Taliban in South Waziristan.
Exclusive pictures we have received show that those villagers who haven't fled the area, can't escape the shells and bullets.
Imran Khan reports.

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Venezuelan Yukpa Indigenous Community Attacked, Two Murdered Following Land Grants

Mérida, Venezuela -- On Tuesday, the day after the national government granted more than 40,000 hectares of land to Yukpa indigenous communities in northwestern Venezuela, assassins attacked the community of Yukpa chief and indigenous rights activist Sabino Romero, killing two and injuring at least four.

Yukpa chief Sabino Romero (Aporrea)

Romero's son in law, Ever Garcia, and a young, pregnant Yukpa woman were shot dead in the attack. Romero received three bullet wounds and is currently in the hospital in stable condition, according to reports from the community. Romero's daughter, grand daughter, and nephew were also hospitalized with bullet wounds, and are now in the hospital in stable condition.

Romero was one of several Yukpa chiefs who led land occupations last year to demand that the government pay indemnity to the private estate owners and transfer the land to the Yukpa in the form of collective property, in accordance with the Venezuelan Constitution and indigenous rights laws passed by the government of President Hugo Chavez.

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Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification

This groundbreaking NRDC documentary explores the startling phenomenon of ocean acidification, which may soon challenge marine life on a scale not seen for tens of millions of years. The film, featuring Sigourney Weaver, originally aired on Discovery Planet Green