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Qatar's new cultural jewel plus the ancient art of kite-making in Japan. On the skyline of Doha, the capital city of the Gulf state of Qatar a new landmark has emerged. The Museum of Islamic Art is the jewel in the crown of Qatars bid to become a cultural force in the region. Built on a man made island the Museum of Islamic Art is a place set apart for research, learning and creativity. Like much of Doha, the architecture is new and modern but also pays tribute to its Islamic heritage. But it is what is on the inside that has international art historians buzzing with excitement. Kite-making in Japan The annual Hamamatsu festival in Japan celebrates the birth of a district family's firstborn with the launching of a special kite. Proud parents commission kites costing up to $2,000 each. Artsworld met one family who have maintined the ancient trade of making traditional kites. Artsworld - Qatar...
Education is a terrible way to find out what you're good at. Sound strange, right? But think about this; how many of you are currently working in the subject you liked most in school. Not the one you excelled in, the one you liked. In our very streamlined public education system, children around the world are taught the maths and sciences, but how many of them are taught art, painting or dance with the same vigour? In our very streamlined public education system, children around the world are taught the maths and sciences, but how many of them are taught art, painting or dance with the same vigour? Riz speaks with world renowned creativity and education expert Ken Robinson who strongly believes the current state of education may begin holistically but progressively focuses Riz Khan -...
Education is a terrible way to find out what you're good at. Sound strange, right? But think about this; how many of you are currently working in the subject you liked most in school. Not the one you excelled in, the one you liked. In our very streamlined public education system, children around the world are taught the maths and sciences, but how many of them are taught art, painting or dance with the same vigour? In our very streamlined public education system, children around the world are taught the maths and sciences, but how many of them are taught art, painting or dance with the same vigour? Riz speaks with world renowned creativity and education expert Ken Robinson who strongly believes the current state of education may begin holistically but progressively focuses Riz Khan -...
Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, is to make a Inside Story -...
The Listening Post's Robin Armstrong reports on the ailing US newspaper industry. This is a chronic affliction - both advertising revenue and readership are shrinking, and newspapers across the country are performing something of a disappearing act. Moreover, US newspapers have seen their share value drop more than any other sector in the media industry, papers are haemorrhaging staff. They are faced with a choice: either migrate to the internet, or die. The Listening Post goes to California, home of one of America's oldest and best-known titles, the San Francisco Chronicle, to see if the US newspaper industry is about to publish its own obituary. In Newsbytes, we look at a cartoon saga in South Africa; an inflammatory DVD about Islamic extremism; media coverage of the forthcoming Belarusian parliamentary elections; a tightening of the grip on the media in China and Russian PM, Vladimir Putin, who is said to be fuming that an exclusive interview with CNN was heavily edited. Closing our show with this week's Video of the Week is a quirky viral showing North Korea's Dear Leader Kim Jong Il as an animated video game character. Created by a German entertainment show, the video puts Jong Il through a Super Mario-like sequence, complete with hostile enemy countries and nuclear bombs. Watch it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QdzzZCgFbU Listening Post -...
Shimon Peres, the Israeli president, talks to Al Jazeera's Ghida Fakhry, in New York, where he has been attending the United Nations General Assembly. Peres talks about Israel's stance relating to Iran's nuclear ambitions and his country's willingness to leave Shebaa Farms if Hezbollah disarms. Ghida Fakhry asks him about his country's alleged strike against Syrian nuclear facilities and Tzipi Livni's chances of forming a coalition government and becoming prime minister. The Israeli President also talks about the Middle East peace process and the prospect of signing a deal before US President George Bush leaves office, and also peace talks with Syria that are being mediated by Turkey. Talk to Jazeera -...
In a special show from New York Inside Story looks at the financial turbulence that rocked the US last week. Will the emergency measures by the US government be enough to stabalise the markets or has the fiancial system in the US been changed forever? Inside Story -...
The Listening Post takes a look at constructing the narrative: how John McCain is dictating the media's daily talking points in the US presidential election. We head to the US where the presidential election campaign is in full swing. And what are the media talking about during these times of economic woes and interminable foreign wars? As one TV anchor put it, they will be talking about Listening Post -...
Top US investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection, a move that sent shockwaves through financial markets. The European Central Bank has injected $42bn into the money markets in a bid to calm market fears. The Asian and European markets have been plummeting over fears that other major investment banks on Wall Street will go bust over the next couple of weeks. Al Jazeera's Clayton Swisher reports. Lehman Bros...
The Listening Post looks at how the global economic crisis has the media reaching for the superlatives as they predict 'the end of capitalism'. In this week's News Divide we take a look at a truly global story: The collapse of some of Wall Street's most venerable financial institutions has left economies around the world trembling. The financial and business pages have taken over the front pages and news anchors are competing to find strong enough superlatives to characterise the disaster. But did the media ring the alarm bells loudly enough in the months preceding recent events? And how does the popular press make economics accessible to a non-specialist audience? Plus, in part two, we look at constructing the narrative: how John McCain is dictating the media's daily talking points in the US presidential election. Also in part two, join us for our Newsbytes and Video of the Week. Listening Post -...
Most agree the US health system is broken but few agree on how to fix it. 47 million Americans don't have health insurance and if you do not have insurance or plenty of money you cannot get medical care. We the People begins a new series looking at the issues in this year's US presidential campaign by travelling to the Denver health facility in Colorado. the goal is to provide those even without insurance with stable health care. Is this the best model for the rest of the nation? We The People -...
On Monday, September 15, Wall Street awoke to the disappearance of two of its giants: Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, and some have compared the crisis to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Others referred to 'meltdown Monday'. Riz speaks with two financial analysts Lakshman Achuthan and Max Keiser about the fears that Wall Street's woes will spread around the world. Riz Khan - Wall...
http://www.velvetrevolution.us - Cyber Security expert Stephen Spoonamore discusses electronic voting vulnerabilities. New: Spoonamore -...
This week on The Listening Post, we bring you a critique of the media coverage of the run up to and during the week-long Republican National Convention. We look back at the Ingrid Betancourt rescue by the Colombian government and ask some searching questions. In News Divide, we see what happened when the McCain 'Straight Talk Express' made a stop at in Minnesota for the Republican National Convention, despite the threat of derailment by Hurricane Gustav and shock news of a teenage pregnancy. Like the Democratic party did the past week during its convention, the Republicans wanted to seize this opportunity to display party unity and show off McCain's chosen running mate: Sarah Palin. However, with Hurricane Gustav cutting a devastating path along the Gulf Coast, the party re-choreographed the event to avoid a major PR blunder. When the hurricane was at its fiercest, reporters learned that the dyed-in-the-wool conservative's daughter, Bristol Palin, was about to become a mother, out of wedlock and at the age of 17. In the second half of our show, Salah Khadr poses the following question: was the release of Ingrid Betancourt (and 14 other hostages) by the South American FARC rebel group earlier this year too good to be true? It has been alleged that military personnel impersonated both humanitarian workers in the form of Red Cross and journalists from pan-Latin American TV station, Telesur, as part of the ruse that enabled them to get close to the guerrillas, and release the hostages. The against-all-the-odds success of 'Operation Checkmate' raises a whole host of questions, with regards to the mode of rescue and the long term implications it may have on journalists and aid workers in similar situations. In Newsbytes, we revisit the case of imprisoned Egyptian blogger, Kareem Amer and the new laws that the Mubarak government is employing to keep tabs on internet users. We report on Ingushetian journalist, Magomed Yevloyev, who was shot in the head whilst in Russian police custody. Finally, still in Russia, we see how prime minister and self-styled Action Man figure, Vladimir Putin, supposedly acted the hero when he shot a predatory Siberian tiger dead. Finally, for our Video of the Week, we show you how Al Jazeera made the news in Golden, Colorado, as reported by the Washington Post's Dana Milbank. Listening Post -...
Artsworld visits a Tunisian artist who is making the ancient tradition of glass blowing fashinable again and a group in India using dance to heal. Artsworld -...
http://www.velvetrevolution.us - Cyber Security expert Stephen Spoonamore discusses electronic voting vulnerabilities. New: Spoonamore -...
On 101 East, we will look at why peace is once again failing in Mindanao, in the Philippines, what is at stake, and what can be done to bring both sides back to the negotiating table. 101 East - War in...
http://www.velvetrevolution.us - Cyber Security expert Stephen Spoonamore discusses electronic voting vulnerabilities. New: Spoonamore -...
An in-depth examination of the evolving organism that is Al Qaeda and the US response to it. America and Al...
The Listening Post looks at Pakistan in the post-Musharraf era. Under President Pervez Musharraf's government, the Pakistani media was subject to extensive liberalisation with dozens of new TV channels being launched. But as the Musharraf era neared its end stations were closed, anchor people were ordered off the air and newspapers faced censure for reporting unfavourably on the government. What will the coalition government and Asif Ali Zardari, the new president, mean for the media now? What will the change of leadership mean for freedom of speech? In this week's Newsbytes: Saudi TV station Al Arabiya's man in Tehran gets kicked out of Iran; problems at the recently launched BBC Arabic channel as staff vote to strike; under fire Thai PM Samak Sundaravej is told to leave office because of a TV cooking show; and American cable giant MSNBC bows to pressure after accusations of overly politicising its US convention coverage. The largest and most expensive experiment in scientific history has just been switched on beneath the French-Swiss border. If you're not sure exactly what the Large Hadron Collider is for, perhaps our Video of the Week might help. It's a collision of physics and rap. Listening Post -...
This week on The Listening Post, we bring you a critique of the media coverage of the run up to and during the week-long Republican National Convention. In News Divide, we see what happened when the McCain 'Straight Talk Express' made a stop at in Minnesota for the Republican National Convention, despite the threat of derailment by Hurricane Gustav and shock news of a teenage pregnancy. Like the Democratic party did the past week during its convention, the Republicans wanted to seize this opportunity to display party unity and show off McCain's chosen running mate: Sarah Palin. However, with Hurricane Gustav cutting a devastating path along the Gulf Coast, the party re-choreographed the event to avoid a major PR blunder. When the hurricane was at its fiercest, reporters learned that the dyed-in-the-wool conservative's daughter, Bristol Palin, was about to become a mother, out of wedlock and at the age of 17. In the second half of our show, Salah Khadr poses the following question: was the release of Ingrid Betancourt (and 14 other hostages) by the South American FARC rebel group earlier this year too good to be true? It has been alleged that military personnel impersonated both humanitarian workers in the form of Red Cross and journalists from pan-Latin American TV station, Telesur, as part of the ruse that enabled them to get close to the guerrillas, and release the hostages. The against-all-the-odds success of 'Operation Checkmate' raises a whole host of questions, with regards to the mode of rescue and the long term implications it may have on journalists and aid workers in similar situations. In Newsbytes, we revisit the case of imprisoned Egyptian blogger, Kareem Amer and the new laws that the Mubarak government is employing to keep tabs on internet users. We report on Ingushetian journalist, Magomed Yevloyev, who was shot in the head whilst in Russian police custody. Finally, still in Russia, we see how prime minister and self-styled Action Man figure, Vladimir Putin, supposedly acted the hero when he shot a predatory Siberian tiger dead. Finally, for our Video of the Week, we show you how Al Jazeera made the news in Golden, Colorado, as reported by the Washington Post's Dana Milbank. Listening Post -...
Most agree the US health system is broken but few agree on how to fix it. 47 million Americans don't have health insurance and if you do not have insurance or plenty of money you cannot get medical care. We the People begins a new series looking at the issues in this year's US presidential campaign by travelling to the Denver health facility in Colorado. the goal is to provide those even without insurance with stable health care. Is this the best model for the rest of the nation? We The People -...
This week Inside USA cuts through the media hype surrounding Barack Obama's presidential candidacy and asks what are his actual policies and how would they really change the country? Inside USA:...
This episode of Listening Post looks at the propaganda and pitfalls of reporting on and from the closed world of Kim Jong Il's North Korea. For this week's News Divide, we peek behind the bamboo curtain and look into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It has been described, by some commentators in the west, as a 'hermetically sealed' country, with no Western news bureaux. Few reporters get access into this secretive state, but we speak to Al Jazeera's Diplomatic Correspondent, Mark Seddon who has visited the country many times, to see what it is like to report from the hermit kingdom. The news coming out of Pyongyang is so restricted, that when their leader, Kim Jong Il, failed to turn up for the country's 60th birthday celebrations, the rumour mills went into overdrive with speculation about his ailing health. But where does the real story lie and how much truth is there coming out of the rumour mill? Plus in Plus in part two we report on the demise of the US newspaper industry. Listening Post -...

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