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Apr 14, 2011 - The British photographer Martin Parr snaps what's said to be Paris' ghetto.

Building powered by cooking oil

AlJazeeraEnglish on Apr 6, 2011 - It may not seem like it, but used cooking oil could be the world's next hot commodity. PriceWaterhouseCoopers, a London-based accountancy firm, is buying up as much of it as it can, using the oil as fuel to power its offices.

The new headquarters is now one of the most eco-friendly buildings in London. Al Jazeera's Rory Challands reports from the British capital.

Man receives full-face transplant.

itnnews on Mar 22, 2011 - Surgeons in Boston have performed the first full-face transplant in the United States, according to hospital officials.

Nuclear Emergency: All eyes on Fukushima

RussiaToday on Mar 12, 2011 - RT gets some expert opinion on the situation in Japan from Christopher Simons, an Associate Professor at the International Christian University in Tokyo.

Global Food standards becoming more harmonized

VOAvideo on Mar 7, 2011 - There are nearly seven billion people in the world. It takes a lot of food to keep us alive. And the food we eat comes from all over the globe. GAP standards, good agricultural practices, have become more harmonized to meet a single international standard to benefit the farmer and the consumer. VOA's Philip Alexiou reports.

Michael Moore Joins Wisconsin Labor Protests: "America Is Not Broke"

mediagrrl9 on Mar 7, 2011 - 400 Americans has more cash, stocks & assets than 155,000,000 Americans combine.

Nicholas Negroponte: 'Disband the United Nations'

OCT 5 2010, The United Nations, created to maintain international peace and security, is failing at doing both of those things, Nicholas Negroponte told a room filled with engineers as part of a forum on Global Technology held by the National Academy of Engineering in Washington D.C.

"Disband the United Nations and start over again," the MIT professor and founder of the One Laptop per Child Association said in response to a question about how to secure consumer data in an increasingly globalized world. The post-World War II institution wasn't built to address the challenges of the digital age, he said.

"The opposite of global is national," said Negroponte, who was famously raised all over the world and is brother to John Negroponte, the former United States Ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush. "I look at nationalism as a disease." (And he has for a long time.)

While Negroponte started the One Laptop per Child program as a means to educate third world children that don't have access to books, let alone the Internet, he found, over time, that the bigger goal was to end isolation.

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What others said - Author: Richard Gott is literary editor of the Guardian, a British newspaper.

Many people had hoped that the United Nations would become a relevant force in the wake of the cold war. Since then, however, the U.N. has increasingly been attacked as being a corrupt, wasteful, and ineffective organization. In fact, in its current form, the U.N. is a conservative organization that serves the interests of capitalist countries, and it is incapable of being reformed as a democratic institution. As public support continues to subside, the U.N. is likely to implode—and its demise should not be mourned.

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Peace possible: Arab-Jewish love breaks stereotypes.

RussiaToday | Nov 18, 2009 - It is a story of love between divided peoples. While it isn't illegal for Jews and Arabs in the Middle East to marry, it is seen as taboo. But as RT's Paula Slier finds out, there are times when love can triumph over any kind of social barrier.

New jumbo jet unveiled

itnnews | February 14, 2011 - The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental debuts before 10,000 cheering fans

Wealthy Egyptians fear change.

AlJazeeraEnglish | February 12, 2011 - While millions of Egyptians are welcoming in the post-Mubarak era. Others, particularly the wealthy members of the society, have a lot to lose.

Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons reports from Cairo.

Catholic church gives blessing to iPhone app

Continue reading the main storyPope Benedict XVI has said Catholics should use digital technologies responsibly.

The Catholic Church has approved an iPhone app that helps guide worshippers through confession.

The Confession program has gone on sale through iTunes for £1.19 ($1.99).

Described as "the perfect aid for every penitent", it offers users tips and guidelines to help them with the sacrament.

Now senior church officials in both the UK and US have given it their seal of approval, in what is thought to be a first.

The app takes users through the sacrament - in which Catholics admit their wrongdoings - and allows them to keep track of their sins.

It also allows them to examine their conscience based on personalised factors such as age, sex and marital status - but it is not intended to replace traditional confession entirely.

Instead, it encourages users to understand their actions and then visit their priest for absolution.

BBC News | 8 Feb 2011 - read full report

China's dirty secrets

AlJazeeraEnglish 101East | February 04, 2011 - China's juggernaut economy is the envy of the world, but at what cost to the country's people and environment? 101 East investigates.

China's workers return home for New Year's

Today marks the Lunar New Year in China. Millions of workers in China return home for New Year Many employers fear they may not come back.



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