Tag Archives: Violence

TV Watershed: Kids protection law slammed over vague video rating

A drive to make Russian TV more child-friendly is under fire. The new law aims to clean-up the country’s early prime slot from scenes of an adult nature. But critics say the legislation is so ambiguous that even cartoons might end up being hit by the ban. RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like [...]

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Syria activists allege Daraya ‘massacre’

Reports are emerging from Syria that as many as 200 people have been killed in Daraya, a Damascus suburb, in the last few days. Anti-government activists say some of the bodies were shot at close range. Residents also report that house-to-house raids took place in the area. Syrian forces are in the midst of an [...]

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Honduras named murder capital of the world

Honduras has the highest rate of homicide in the world, four times higher than that of Mexico, according to the United Nations. It is estimated that there is a violent death every 74 minutes in the small Central American country with a population of just eight million people. Citizens have taken to arming themselves in [...]

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Inside Story – What is driving Lebanon’s sectarian clashes?

Street battles are continuing in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli as the unrest in neighbouring Syria spills over across the border. But the violence between supporters and opponents of the government in Syria has taken on a sharp sectarian edge. Could these localised conflicts spark nationwide violence, especially in a country that remains largely fragmented? [...]

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‘Syria war consequences totally unpredictable’

The conflict in Syria has long stopped ending up at its borders. The drawn-out fighting has seen a mass exodus of Syrians into neighbouring states. Also, clashes of pro- and anti-Assad supporters in Lebanon, have left seven killed and dozens injured. International politics Professor Jeremy Salt from Bilkent University, says Turkey has ignored many of [...]

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‘Syria standoff marks end of unipolar world’ – Deputy PM Jamil

RT talks to Dr. Qadri Jamil, Syria’s Vice Prime Minister for economic affairs. He has his say on how a ceasefire – and a lasting peace – can be reached. READ MORE on.rt.com RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com [...]

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Witness – Little Dictator

As fighting rages in Syria, four political satirists find themselves swept up in the great debates that divide Syria’s revolutionaries: armed revenge or non-violent resistance?

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‘Americans should force Obama to go before he starts Syria war’

Moscow believes Syria ‘has chances of reaching peace despite those keeping the conflict burning inside and outside the country’. Ways of ending the bloodshed have been under scrutiny for top Syrian officials in Moscow. Across the Atlantic, President Obama said’ Washington could use military action if there’s any sign the Syrian government might try to [...]

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CrossTalk: Syrian Puzzle

What does the Syrian civil war really mean for the region? Is it really about Iran and diminishing its influence? What is Israel’s primary goal? If the Assad regime collapses what could take its place? (Are the great powers and regional players even thinking about this at this point?) As the civil war rages, what [...]

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‘Life more precious than Assad or rebels’: Syrian mini-peace in action

The United Nations observer mission in Syria has officially come to an end. The newly appointed mediator Lakhdar Brahimi is now tasked with reinvigorating the peace process. Moscow has voiced its regret that the UN mandate couldn’t be prolonged, and has warned Washington against imposing a ‘no-fly zone’ over Syria – something that helped topple [...]

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Victim speaks out on WWII rapes

In archive material from 2007, Filipina “comfort woman” Pilar Frias tells how Japanese soldiers in World War II raped women in the Philipines. She says she was tied to other women and used as a sex slave. She told her story to Al Jazeera’s Marta Ortigas.

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Archive: The stories of Filipina ‘comfort women’

In an archive piece from 2007, Filipina women tell their stories of being coerced into sexual abuse at the hands of Japanese soldiers during World War II. Showing Al Jazeera’s Marga Ortigas the room in “the red house” in which they were raped, Pilar Frias describes their search for justice ever since the war ended [...]

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