[16 June 13] Anti-government protests in Turkey - English
Double Standards with Afshin Rattansi is a political satire program broadcast from the heart of London that exposes the hypocrisy of world powers...
Double Standards with Afshin Rattansi is a political satire program broadcast from the heart of London that exposes the hypocrisy of world powers with comedy and high-profile guests. War on Syria, protests in Turkey, UK Queen coronation anniversary, Palestine, Africa Union, Washington scandals, US multinational tax evasion, these and much more are all reviewed in this edition of Double Standards with Afshin Rattansi.
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[17 June 13] Italian government introducing new measures to battle...
The long-awaited measures to tackle Italy\'s grave economic crisis were finally announced by the Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta last week....
The long-awaited measures to tackle Italy\'s grave economic crisis were finally announced by the Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta last week.
Last Friday, during a summit held in Rome, Letta told finance and labor ministers from France, Germany and Spain that Italy has no time left to fix rising unemployment. A record 12 per cent of Italy\'s working population is unemployed with about four in 10 Italians between 15 to 24 years out of work.
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[21 June 13] Morsi supporters stage rally ahead of planned...
It\'s nearly a year since Muslim Brotherhood figure, Mohamed Morsi, took power in Egypt, by winning 51 percent of votes in the country\'s first...
It\'s nearly a year since Muslim Brotherhood figure, Mohamed Morsi, took power in Egypt, by winning 51 percent of votes in the country\'s first election after the fall of ex-dictator Hosni Mubarak. But the hope for Egyptians to overcome their divisions seems as elusive as ever.
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[26 June 13] Insurgents in Syria execute more people for supporting...
More startling images find their way out of Syria ... these two Syrians are about to face the fate of many others being beheaded at the hands of...
More startling images find their way out of Syria ... these two Syrians are about to face the fate of many others being beheaded at the hands of Anusra front - an al-Qaeda branch in Syria that proudly posts similar executions almost on weekly basis.
Last week alone, thy posted three executions -- one for a Syria army sergeant in Hasaka , another for a man and two women in Aleppo and the third in Idlib.
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[18 July 13] Turkish police arrest 30 anti-government protesters - English
Turkish security police continue to detain and arrest anit-govenrment protesters in what many lawyers call witch-hunt for people with any links to...
Turkish security police continue to detain and arrest anit-govenrment protesters in what many lawyers call witch-hunt for people with any links to the Gezi protests. Since late May, the protesters have been calling for the downfall of the ruling AK Party led by Prime Minister Raccip Tayyip Erdogan.
The association of photographers says over one hundred photographers have been detained, or badly beaten as well. They have also had their photos erased by the police during the demos in Istanbul and Ankara. One photographer who accepted to talk to us on condition of anonymity says he had a yellow press ID card when the police attacked him.
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[03 August 13] Turkey AK Party calls for life in prison for...
Turkeys ruling Justice and Development Party has called for protesters involved in demonstration over Istanbul\'s Gezi park to be sentenced to life...
Turkeys ruling Justice and Development Party has called for protesters involved in demonstration over Istanbul\'s Gezi park to be sentenced to life in prison
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[20 August 2013] Andaz-e-Jahan - ایرانی مصدق حکومت اور...
[20 August 2013] Andaz-e-Jahan - Mossadegh government of Iran and the U.S. leaping | ایرانی مصدق حکومت اور امریکی...
[20 August 2013] Andaz-e-Jahan - Mossadegh government of Iran and the U.S. leaping | ایرانی مصدق حکومت اور امریکی کودتا - Urdu
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[23 Oct 2013] Parties in Iraq Kurdistan region battling for role in new...
In Iraq\'s Kurdistan Region, the opposition Change Movement says it will join the new regional government with the winning Kurdistan Democratic...
In Iraq\'s Kurdistan Region, the opposition Change Movement says it will join the new regional government with the winning Kurdistan Democratic Party.
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[24 Oct 2013] Leaked CIA documents reveal US-Pakistan collusion on...
A new report suggests Pakistani government officials have for years secretly endorsed the U-S drone campaign in their country.
The report...
A new report suggests Pakistani government officials have for years secretly endorsed the U-S drone campaign in their country.
The report published by the Washington Post is based on leaked secret C-I-A documents and Pakistani diplomatic memos. It says Pakistani officials routinely obtained classified briefings despite their condemnations of the drone strikes. The files describe dozens of attacks in Pakistan\'s tribal region during 2007 and 2011. They include maps as well as aerial photographs of the targeted areas taken before-and-after the attacks. Former Pakistani premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has vehemently denied giving the U-S the approval. This comes as the current Pakistani prime minister urges the U-S president to end the attacks. Nawaz Sharif has warned that drone attacks could undermine ties between the two countries.
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[27 Oct 2013] Iran parliament holds confidence vote session - English
A second attempt by the government of president Rohani to win a vote of confidence for three vacant seats in his cabinet; the Iranian president...
A second attempt by the government of president Rohani to win a vote of confidence for three vacant seats in his cabinet; the Iranian president attended the parliament along with three of his proposed nominees for the ministries of Science, research and technology, education and sports and youth affairs. The three nominees included Ali Asghar Fani, Reza Faraji Dana and Reza Salehi Amiri.
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[29 Oct 2013] Bahraini government had been using tear gas...
Earlier we spoke to Ahmed Ali a researcher on Bahrain developments. Here is what he had to tell us about regime\'s excessive use of tear gas to...
Earlier we spoke to Ahmed Ali a researcher on Bahrain developments. Here is what he had to tell us about regime\'s excessive use of tear gas to suppress the uprising.
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[29 Oct 2013] In Egypt, daily unrest is taking toll after president...
Egypt\'s political situation is out on a limb: although there is an interim government in place, it seems as if the most populous Arab country is...
Egypt\'s political situation is out on a limb: although there is an interim government in place, it seems as if the most populous Arab country is left without an effective ruler. Democratically-elected President Mohamed Morsi was ousted by the military in July but protests for and against him continue nearly on a daily basis. The daily unrest is taking the toll on the country.
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[31 Oct 2013] Iraqi Kurdistan ruling parties seek new regional govt -...
Leaders in Iraq\'s Kurdistan Region are still discussing how to build the new regional government following September\'s parliamentary election....
Leaders in Iraq\'s Kurdistan Region are still discussing how to build the new regional government following September\'s parliamentary election. The Kurdistan Democratic Party won the election. Party leader Ali Awni has announced that the Democratic Party is giving its current partner, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, first refusal to join the next cabinet. The Patriotic Union has enjoyed a cozy ten-year coalition with the Democratic Party. But the Patriotic Union was relegated to third place in the election.
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[31 Oct 2013] Official figures of drone causalities spark controversy in...
The Pakistani government has for the first time released some figures of the number of causalities in the US drone strikes on the country\'s tribal...
The Pakistani government has for the first time released some figures of the number of causalities in the US drone strikes on the country\'s tribal areas. But the move immediately sparked a controversy, with critics saying that Islamabad is hiding the truth.
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[03 Nov 2013] Palestinians blame UK for its major role in their...
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip demand an apology from the British government for decades of suffering it has inflicted upon them. Nearly a hundred...
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip demand an apology from the British government for decades of suffering it has inflicted upon them. Nearly a hundred years ago Britain issued the ill-fated Balfour Declaration giving the land of Palestine to Zionists.
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[03 Nov 2013] Iran and China look to increase cultural ties - English
Several government officials from China including its Deputy Min. of Culture, Dong Wei, are visiting Tehran. The aim of the visit is to increase...
Several government officials from China including its Deputy Min. of Culture, Dong Wei, are visiting Tehran. The aim of the visit is to increase bilateral and economic ties especially in the field of culture. Saturday the Chinese delegation visited the capital\\\'s Islamic Culture & Relations organization (ICRO). There they met the deputy of the ICRO, Masnur Ehtesami, to sign several agreements to enhance cultural ties between the two nations. Both officials explained how one way of increasing culture is through the historic Silk Road.
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[08 Nov 2013] The Syrian government makes military progress near...
The Syrian army has regained control of the southern suburbs of Damascus, flushing out insurgents from their strongholds. Mohamad Ali reports from...
The Syrian army has regained control of the southern suburbs of Damascus, flushing out insurgents from their strongholds. Mohamad Ali reports from the region.
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[17 Nov 2013] Opposition to US Afghanistan security deal growing - English
The Afghan government is to hold a Loya Jirga or grand assembly in the coming days to decide whether or not a security deal should be signed with...
The Afghan government is to hold a Loya Jirga or grand assembly in the coming days to decide whether or not a security deal should be signed with the US. This deal-- if signed, will allow American forces to remain in Afghanistan beyond 2014. But opposition to the pact is mounting. Political and religious parties are holding gatherings to voice their dissatisfaction with the presence of US troops.
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[17 Nov 2013] Pakistan plans to put Musharraf on trial for treason -...
Pakistan\'s interior minister says the government plans to put former military ruler Parviz Musharraf on trial for treason.
Musharraf would be...
Pakistan\'s interior minister says the government plans to put former military ruler Parviz Musharraf on trial for treason.
Musharraf would be the first military ruler tried for treason in a country that has experienced three military coups in its 66-year history. He could face the death penalty if convicted of treason for declaring a state of emergency while in power. Musharraf has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. Musharraf was forced to step down in 2008 after ruling for about a decade and left the country shortly afterwards. He returned to Pakistan in March to run in the national elections in May, but was disqualified. Musharraf had been held under house arrest for months and was freed earlier this month after he received bail in four other cases, including the investigation of the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
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[19 Nov 2013] Turkish students protest against construction of wall on...
Nusaybin district of Mardin in the east of the country is where the Turkish government is constructing a controversial 2-metre high wall widely...
Nusaybin district of Mardin in the east of the country is where the Turkish government is constructing a controversial 2-metre high wall widely believed to block cross-border relations between Syrian and Turkish Kurds. Nusaybin is a pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party stronghold. Many believe the wall that borders Qamishli in northern Syria is a project that provokes anti-Kurdish sentiment, as Qamishli is controlled by the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party.
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[20 Nov 2013] Pakistan fires police chief over clashes in Rawalpindi -...
The Pakistani government has removed the Rawalpindi\'s Police Chief and Regional Police Officer from their posts over their failure to provide...
The Pakistani government has removed the Rawalpindi\'s Police Chief and Regional Police Officer from their posts over their failure to provide adequate security to the Moharram processions.
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[26 Nov 2013] Berlin foreign policy forum focuses on Iran - English
More than 200 high-ranking politicians, business- and government representatives came together in German capital to attend Berlin third Foreign...
More than 200 high-ranking politicians, business- and government representatives came together in German capital to attend Berlin third Foreign Policy Forum. Experts discussed key questions of German and European foreign policy focusing on issues ranging rom transatlantic relations to the recent agreement on Iran\'s nuclear energy programmer reached in Geneva last weekend.
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[28 Nov 2013] Pakistan Punjab govt. refuses US aid until drone strikes...
Punjab government has taken a strong stance against the US assassination drone strikes on Pakistan by rejecting US aid for the past 2.5 years....
Punjab government has taken a strong stance against the US assassination drone strikes on Pakistan by rejecting US aid for the past 2.5 years. Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said the province will reject US aid until there is a complete halt to the drone strikes on Pakistani soil.
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[01 Dec 2013] Security forces clash with protesters near Manama - English
Bahraini security forces have once again clashed with anti-government protesters in the suburbs of the capital Manama.
The clashes broke out in...
Bahraini security forces have once again clashed with anti-government protesters in the suburbs of the capital Manama.
The clashes broke out in the village of Sanabis following the funeral of 15-year old Ahmad Abdul-Amir Ali. He was critically injured in an explosion near a warehouse on Friday. Reports say Ahmad died because the ambulance taking him to hospital was stopped by security forces. Bahrain\'s main opposition group al-Wefaq called the teenager a martyr and urged people to participate in his funeral.
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[04 Dec 2013] Syria militants to use nuns as shields - English
Latest media reports from Syria say insurgents fighting against the government plan to use a group of nuns kidnapped from their convent in the town...
Latest media reports from Syria say insurgents fighting against the government plan to use a group of nuns kidnapped from their convent in the town of Ma\'loula as human shields.
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[05 Dec 2013] Syria govt seize large cache of drugs from insurgents in...
Syrian government forces have seized a large cache of drugs from foreign-backed insurgents in Idlib province.
Syrian troops found the drugs in a...
Syrian government forces have seized a large cache of drugs from foreign-backed insurgents in Idlib province.
Syrian troops found the drugs in a warehouse in Idlib countryside. Several men were also arrested at the warehouse. The militants have been receiving funds and other supports from their regional backers, particularly Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Reports say Riyadh and Doha give them millions of dollars each month, and also buy them weapons from black markets around the world.
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[05 Dec 2013] Takfiri groups abduct at least 50 Kurds in Syria Aleppo -...
Takfiri groups fighting the Syrian government forces have abducted more than 50 Kurds, among them children in the past three days.
The...
Takfiri groups fighting the Syrian government forces have abducted more than 50 Kurds, among them children in the past three days.
The kidnapping took place in the towns of Minbej and Jarablus in the northern province of Aleppo. This comes weeks after Kurdish fighters pushed out the Takfiri groups from the region. There has been a fierce battle between the two sides over the control of the region in the past three months. In July, the militants kidnapped some 200 Kurdish civilians in the town of Tal Aran and Tal Hassel in Aleppo. Only a few of the hostages have been released since then.
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