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Crimeans 'vote to join Russia'

Partial results show 95 percent want to quit Ukraine, referendum commission says, in poll West refuses to recognise.

Europe

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The Tatarstan factor

Middle East Lebanon car bomb kills a Hezbollah leader At least four people, including a local leader of the group, dead in latest attack related to war in neighbouring Syria.	Asia-Pacific Focus turns to pilots as hunt for jet widens Police comb through backgrounds of pilots and crew of missing Malaysian plane, as new findings are revealed.	Americas Venezuelan soldiers storm protester base Demonstrators evicted from square in Caracas, a day after president vowed to retake streets.	Europe Ruling party wins huge margin in Serbia: poll Aleksandar Vucic, who is to become prime minister, says he will try to overhaul country's shaky finances.

Middle East

Lebanon car bomb kills a Hezbollah leader

At least four people, including a local leader of the group, dead in latest attack related to war in neighbouring Syria.

Asia-Pacific

Focus turns to pilots as hunt for jet widens

Police comb through backgrounds of pilots and crew of missing Malaysian plane, as new findings are revealed.

Americas

Venezuelan soldiers storm protester base

Demonstrators evicted from square in Caracas, a day after president vowed to retake streets.

Europe

Ruling party wins huge margin in Serbia: poll

Aleksandar Vucic, who is to become prime minister, says he will try to overhaul country's shaky finances.

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Middle East

Syrian army captures strategic border town

Africa

Scores killed in central Nigeria attacks

Middle East

US delivers 100 Hellfire missiles to Iraq

Inside Story

Crimea referendum: Ukraine or Russia?

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Featured

Obama wades into Palestine-Israel talks

President set to sell 'US framework' to Palestinian Authority's Mahmoud Abbas in Washington DC.

By Molly McCluskey
Analysis: El Salvador's post-poll challenges

Commentators say the main challenge for the new government is to reduce deep political divisions within the population.

By Nina Lakhani
Egypt's Sinai: caught in the middle

Clashes between Egyptian military and armed groups have taken a toll on parts of the Sinai peninsula.

By Al Jazeera staff
Displaced Syrians battle for online lifeline

Skype and other communication tools are crucial for Syrian refugees to keep in touch with family inside the country.

By Sophie Cousins
Report casts light on US drone programme

Human Rights Watch criticises the US drone programme as President Obama emphasises a more cautious approach.

By Molly McCluskey
Pakistan's Thar residents living on the edge

In the southeastern desert, a reported 'famine' appears to be another name for structural poverty on an extreme scale.

By Asad Hashim
Crimea's information war

The region faces 'chronically high levels' of violence against journalists amid ongoing political tensions.

By Kristina Jovanovski
Canada's Inuit face human trafficking fears

Indigenous women in the far north face high levels of sexual violence and exploitation, report says.

By Heather Roy

Show Highlights

The changing face of news

Listening Post15 Mar 2014 09:22 GMT

In a special episode, we explore how technology influences the way news is gathered and shapes the way it is presented.

Rosen Plevneliev: 'We will find a solution'

Talk to Al Jazeera15 Mar 2014 12:07 GMT

Bulgaria's president discusses Russia, Crimea and how current tensions could impact the future of Eastern Europe.

Terrorists or freedom fighters?

On Head to Head

The vanishing sea tribe

On 101 East

Ahmed Fouad Negm: Writing a Revolution

On Artscape: Poets of Protest

Driving change

On Viewfinder Latin America 2014

In Video

Jamaica introduces anti-gangster law

Young Jamaicans drawn into gangs or "crews" at a young age say they need opportunities, not penalties, to quit.
CAR refugees reject religious divides in DRC

Muslims and Christians live side by side in DRC camp, leaving behind religion-based strife that forced them into asylum.
Drought takes toll on Australian farmers

Farmers' depression due to drought-related stress concerns doctors more than farming accidents this year.
Genghis Khan's legacy lives on in Mongolia

Warrior's reputation is one of a ruthless tyrant but some Mongolians believe he has been misunderstood.
Ski resort seeks comeback in Pakistan's Swat

Revival of commercial resort shows symbolic signs of normality in area once ruled and destroyed by Taliban.
Syrians the largest group of displaced people

UN says nine million Syrians have been uprooted from their homes, making them the world's largest group of displaced.
Violence instills fear among S Sudan refugees

Many refugees at UN camp still do not feel safe to return to their homes, leaving children vulnerable.
Habitat loss affecting butterfly migration

The number of monarch butterflies migrating annually to Mexico from US is depleting due to deforestation and herbicide.

Blogs

Americas

The Pentagon's war on words

By Tom Ackerman

Africa

Kenya's wage bill dilemma

By Catherine Wambua-Soi

Americas

The all-powerful US president?

By Patty Culhane

Middle East

Palestinian hotel at heart of legal battle

By Rania Zabaneh

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Inside Syria

As the Syrian uprising rages on, this weekly show examines events inside the country.
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Al Jazeera interviews the people making the headlines.
Head to Head

Interviews with attitude, tackling the big issues of our time with Mehdi Hasan.
Poets of Protest

A reflection of the change sweeping the Middle East through six portraits of poets seeking to interpret and inspire.
Indian Hospital Revisited

We revisit the Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital, as it continues its mission of providing affordable healthcare for all.
Listening Post

A weekly programme that examines and dissects the world's media.

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Opinion

On Europe's odd performance over Ukraine

Rosa Balfour

Libya: A tale of two regions and a ship

Mansour O El-Kikhia

Old rivals or regional partners: Russia, Turkey and Crimea

Lamiya Adilgizi

Three years of conflict in Syria: No proxy war, no solution without society

Volker Perthes

Crimea crisis: The Tatarstan factor

Ildar Gabidullin

Chronic violence against European women

Kait Bolongaro

Spotlight

Syria's War Three years since the start of the uprising, nine million people have been displaced by fighting.
Egypt in Turmoil An in-depth look at Egypt's ongoing political crisis.
Japan's Nuclear Meltdown Three years after a major earthquake and tsunami, Japan still struggles with the resulting nuclear crisis.
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