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Wall Street turned back the clock to 1929.\n\nBut how did it all go so wrong?","authors":"","source":{"rating":"3.6","name":"Aljazeera","framebuster":false,"id":"aljazeera","ownership":"ind","type":"tv","is_public":true}},{"rating":"3.6","num_reviews":"5","title":"The Image War","url":"http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/2011/09/201195112531537893.html","date":"2011/09/07","id":7684886,"story_type":"News Report","quote":"9/11: It was a PR stunt which killed thousands and launched a propaganda war that has, so far, lasted a decade.\r\n\r\nSince then, the US and al-Qaeda have competed furiously to win 'hearts and minds' with elaborate media strategies. Spin, threats, lies, censorship, the killing of journalists; how far has each side been prepared to go to win the propaganda war?\r\n\r\nIn the 'war on terror' the exploitation of images was to become a matter of life and death, as both the US and al-Qaeda bombarded the world with media designed to win people over to their side.","authors":"","source":{"rating":"3.6","name":"Aljazeera","framebuster":false,"id":"aljazeera","ownership":"ind","type":"tv","is_public":true}},{"rating":"3.7","num_reviews":"1","title":"Libyan convoy to Niger raises speculation","url":"http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/09/201196133556179536.html","date":"2011/09/06","id":7670817,"story_type":"News","quote":"Gaddafi or his sons not spotted as armoured convoy crosses into neighbouring country with unknown final destination.","authors":"","source":{"rating":"3.6","name":"Aljazeera","framebuster":false,"id":"aljazeera","ownership":"ind","type":"tv","is_public":true}},{"rating":"3.6","num_reviews":"6","title":"Pockets of resistance as rebels claim Tripoli","url":"http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/08/201182261941319259.html","date":"2011/08/22","id":7488101,"story_type":"Breaking News","quote":"The head of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) has announced the end of the Gaddafi era, while sporadic fighting continued across the capital, Tripoli.\n\nFighting and gun battles erupted in parts of Tripoli on Monday after tanks left Bab al-Azizyah, Muammar Gaddafi's compound, to confront the rebel assault that gained control of much of the capital in a battle overnight.\n\nMany of the streets in the centre of the city - where anti-government supporters had celebrated hours earlier - were abandoned as pockets of pro-Gaddafi resistance and the presence of snipers and artillery fire made the area dangerous.\n\nAl Jazeera's Zeina Khodr, who entered the city with rebel fighters who advanced overnight, said the security situation in the city was \"tenuous,\" despite there being celebrations in the streets.\n\n\"There are some Gaddafi forces still putting up a fight,\" our correspondent said.\n\n\"And rebels still have one last push to make towards Bab al-Azizyah,\" Khodr added, saying that it was unclear when this advance would take place.","authors":"Zeina Khodr","source":{"rating":"3.6","name":"Aljazeera","framebuster":false,"id":"aljazeera","ownership":"ind","type":"tv","is_public":true}},{"rating":"3.1","num_reviews":"1","title":"Philippines aims to rekindle nuclear industry","url":"http://english.aljazeera.net/video/asia-pacific/2011/07/201172361013619300.html","date":"2011/07/24","id":7134112,"story_type":"News Report","quote":"A nuclear plant in the Philippines that has sat untouched for over a quarter of a century has become an unlikely tourist attraction.\n\nWith another power crisis now looming, energy officials hope allowing people to cheaply tour the facility will eventually win their much-needed support to finally bring the facility on-line, even though its fuel rods were sold off over 10 years ago and the plant is not well maintained.","authors":"Marga Ortigas","source":{"rating":"3.6","name":"Aljazeera","framebuster":false,"id":"aljazeera","ownership":"ind","type":"tv","is_public":true}},{"rating":"1.4","num_reviews":"0","title":"Chavez arrives in Cuba for cancer treatment","url":"http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/07/201171751554872239.html","date":"2011/07/17","id":7051919,"story_type":"News Report","quote":"Chavez, who will receive chemotherapy for the disease which was diagnosed in Havana about a month ago, arrived in Cuba on Sunday following a legislative vote approving his trip on Friday.\n\n\"I am going to delegate some decisions that until now were mine, signatures and decisions, to vice president Elias Jaua and Jorge Giordani,\" Chavez said during a televised cabinet meeting before his departure.\n\nChavez, 56, said doctors have found no more malignant cells in his body following earlier cancer surgery.","authors":"","source":{"rating":"3.6","name":"Aljazeera","framebuster":false,"id":"aljazeera","ownership":"ind","type":"tv","is_public":true}},{"rating":"4.1","num_reviews":"1","title":"Somalia crisis one of 'largest in decades'","url":"http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/07/201171671748257707.html","date":"2011/07/16","id":7042772,"story_type":"News Report","quote":"East Africa's worsening famine is one of the largest humanitarian crises in decades, a US official said, pledging \"significant\" aid. The US already pledged $5m on Friday to help Somali refugees on top of a previously budgeted $63m. Reuben Brigety, the de","authors":"","source":{"rating":"3.6","name":"Aljazeera","framebuster":false,"id":"aljazeera","ownership":"ind","type":"tv","is_public":true}},{"rating":"4.4","num_reviews":"1","title":"Somalis flee to Kenya in search of food","url":"http://english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011/07/201171345513897633.html","date":"2011/07/13","id":7002641,"story_type":"News","quote":"Somali refugees have become the victims of the worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in nearly 60 years.\n\nFaced with starvation and caught in conflict, thousands of Somalis are fleeing their country and heading for Kenya. \n\nThey have travelled through harsh conditions with little food or water, and no humanitarian assistance.\n\nMany head across the border into northern Kenya to seek help at the Dadaab refugee camp.","authors":"Nazanine Moshiri","source":{"rating":"3.6","name":"Aljazeera","framebuster":false,"id":"aljazeera","ownership":"ind","type":"tv","is_public":true}}]