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By Alan Fisher in Americas on January 29th, 2012
Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich cheer as he arrives at a rally in Florida [Reuters]

The Florida primary is always an important point in the presidential nomination process in the US.  But after Newt Gingrich’s surprising turnaround win in South Carolina, it now takes on added significance.

It is here – in what will be a key battleground state in November’s general election – that the sudden emergence of the former speaker of the US House of Representatives as a genuine contender may be validated. Or it will be where Mitt Romney will try to rebuild the aura of inevitability around his nomination, which was so dramatically punctured just a week ago.

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By Gabriel Elizondo in Americas on December 18th, 2011
This tear gas cannister was reportedly used on Bahrain's pro democracy activists.

On Sunday the New York Times ran a column by Nicholas Kristof titled: “Repressing Democracy, with American Arms.”

The column examines the United States’ millions of dollars in arms sales to Bahrain, a country in the midst of a 10-month government crackdown against pro-democracy protestors that has reportedly left at least 35 dead.

Down south, here in Brazil, a similar discussion – albeit on a much smaller scale - is taking place after photos surfaced on the internet allegedly showing tear gas manufactured in Brazil used against the activists.

By Nazanine Moshiri in Africa on December 12th, 2011
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@HSMPress which stands for Harakat Al-Shabab Al Mujahideen is not following anyone on Twitter, yet. In a week, however, it has accumulated 2,500 followers and that number is certain to grow.

That al-Shabab is on Twitter isn't a surprise; just about everyone tweets these days. It is their use of language and tone that has become a subject of discussion. Not only are the tweets in English, they are quite formal, as opposed to the conversational tweets many are familiar with on the social media platform.

Through Twitter, what has so far been an actual battle between Kenya and al-Shabab, seems to be turning into a war of words.

A few days ago, al-Shabab posted this, referring to the Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF): "Unable to foot the bill, the young & temperamental #KDF joins the fatigued &timid #AMISOM in a turbulent marriage of convenience."

By Simon Hooper in Europe on June 6th, 2011
Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Not a subscriber to The Economist [Reuters]

By Clayton Swisher in Americas on June 2nd, 2011
Congressman Anthony Weiner speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill regarding a lewd photo tweet [AFP]

Poor Congressman Anthony Weiner. As if it weren't tough enough making a living out of bashing Arabs and Palestinians to satisfy New York's pro-Israel voters.

Now the self-deprecating references have taken a difficult, bizarre turn for the New York representative, after a lewd photo of a man clad only in underwear was sent from his Twitter account to a college student.

Weiner refuses to acknowledge in any of the interviews that the photo is definitively not a picture of him. Weiner further alleges he was hacked and wants an investigation. Yet days into the fray and--here comes the real surprise - no FBI investigation has been initiated.

By Al Jazeera Staff in Africa on April 12th, 2011
Anti-Gaddafi fighters pause on the front line outside Ajdabiya to let a caravan of camels pass [Photo: Reuters]

As the uprising in Libya continues, we update you with the latest developments from our correspondents, news agencies and citizens across the globe. Al Jazeera is not responsible for content derived from external sites.

By Al Jazeera Staff in Africa on March 30th, 2011
Libyan rebels rest in Ugayla after being pushed out of Ras Lanuf on Wednesday. [AFP]

As the uprising in Libya continues, we update you with the latest developments from our correspondents, news agencies and citizens across the globe. Al Jazeera is not responsible for content derived from external sites.

By D. Parvaz in Asia on March 29th, 2011
Photo by D. Parvaz

In doing a story on what happened to three towns along Japan's north east coast - each of them hit by the tsunami, but with massive differences in losses and casualties - I decided to put together a slideshow of what Ofunato and Yoshihama looked like after the March 11 disaster. 

(Photos of the hardest hit town or Rikuzentakata are embedded in the original piece)

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By Al Jazeera Staff in Africa on March 21st, 2011
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As the uprising in Libya continues, we update you with the latest developments from our correspondents, news agencies and citizens across the globe. Al Jazeera is not responsible for content derived from external sites.

By Al Jazeera Staff in Africa on March 20th, 2011
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As the uprising in Libya continues, we update you with the latest developments from our correspondents, news agencies and citizens across the globe. Al Jazeera is not responsible for content derived from external sites.

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