Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has boarded a plane bound for the United States, closing a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that had tested US-China relations. Chen, 40, his wife and their two children were on United Airlines Flight 88, which took off late on Saturday afternoon from Beijing's airport. The flight is scheduled to arrive in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday evening. Al Jazeera's Nicole Johnston reports.

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The Nobel Peace Prize winner believes that former Yemeni president Saleh is fomenting instability and trying to turn the country into another Somalia. We also speak to Mohammed Salim Basindawa, the prime minister of the new government.

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For years the Muslim Brotherhood was officially banned by Egypt's government, but following the 2011 revolution, the fall of Hosni Mubarak and the country's first free parliamentary elections, the Brotherhood - with its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party - has emerged as Egypt's most powerful political force.

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An Al Jazeera investigation has prompted authorities in Sierra Leone to take action against illegal fishing. There was a big jump in the number of South Korean trawlers fishing in the country's exclusion zone last year. But as Juliana Ruhfus reports, the government is now making illegal fishing more difficult.

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One of the leading candidates in Egypt's presidential elections shares his views on religion and foreign policy.

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Qatar's aggressive stance towards Assad has led to a string of resignations at the country's al-Jazeera TV news channel. Those who left describe bias at the station which they say has become a tool to target the Syrian regime. RT's Paula Slier describes those accusations. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

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Al Jazeera has gained access to confidential documents prepared for the Syrian president by the country's intelligence and security chiefs on the current conflict. The files provide an insight into President Bashar al-Assad's strategy to suppress anti-government protests, including the lengths the government went to for protecting its strongholds. The documents, running into hundreds of pages, pointed to a government that was desperate to keep control of the capital Damascus and included clear orders to stop protesters from getting into the city. Al Jazeera's James Bays reports.

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Malaysian police have clashed with thousands of protesters calling for an overhaul of the country's electoral system. Security forces fired tear gas and water cannon at demonstrators in the capital Kuala Lumpur. Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett, reporting from the city using the Skype for iPad application, after Malaysian police "busted" his crew's camera, shares his first-hand account of the police's actions.

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The Jewish scholar explains why Zionism and Judaism are not necessarily the same thing and why he believes that Israel as a state is not legitimate.

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British Journalist and author, Robert Fisk speaks to Al Jazeera on why he thinks the Syrian uprising has a series of issues which cause political ramifications.

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We analyse the words and issues central to the dispute between Iran and Israel with Israel's deputy prime minister.

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Joseph Kony is a household name, thanks to a 30-minute YouTube video raising awareness about his brutal rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Tens of millions have seen the video after US charity, Invisible Children, released the clip online last week. On Tuesday, a charity organisation showed the film to the people who suffered at the hands of the LRA - Ugandans in the north of the country. Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb reports from the town of Lira after the screening. For more reactions from Ugandans, visit our exclusive page: aljazeera.com/UgandaSpeaks

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Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reports from Egypt where violence following a football match between al-Ahly and al-Masry in the city of Port Said has left scores dead.

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Amal al-Malki, a Qatari author, says the Arab Spring has so far failed women in their struggle for equality. She talks about women's rights in the Arab world, political and social empowerment and Islamic feminism.

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The Slovenian philosopher and critical theorist talks to Al Jazeera about the momentous changes taking place in the global financial and political system.

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Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, spoke to Al Jazeera about the video footage showing Sudan's Ahmed Harun urging soldiers to "take no prisoners" in Southern Kordofan. Ocampo said the video confirmed a pattern of behaviour from Ahmed Harun, who has already been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity in Darfur.

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The ongoing conflict in the remote province of Balochistan is often called Pakistan's "dirty war". Ethnic Balochi politicians and leaders share their vision of self-determination and freedom from Pakistani rule.

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The Israeli blockade may have taken a heavy toll on Gazans, but this film reveals life and hope among the devastation.

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The situation in the Syrian city of Homs is getting worse, as neighborhoods are surrounded and the shelling continues.

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Barnaba Benjamin is the Minister of Information in South Sudan and joins us from the capital Juba.

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The Iranian president talks to Al JAzeera's Tony Harris about the latest diplomatic spat with the US and Saudi Arabia, the Arab spring, and Iranian politics.

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One year after the dramatic rescue of 33 miners from deep beneath the ground Lucia Newman returns to Chile.

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Egemen Bagis, Turkey's minister for European affairs and the chief EU negotiator, talks to Al Jazeera about why Turkey still wants to join the EU; press freedom and judiciary reform; the issue of the Armenian genocide; and foreign policy.

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It has been called the 'fifth dimension of warfare'. Along with land, sea, air and space - the cyberworld is a new frontline. Innovations in technology are changing the tactics of modern-day conflict, introducing new tools to the world's arsenal.

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A glimpse into life inside Egypt's Mahalla textile factory - a place renowned as a cauldron of revolt where striking workers first inspired the Egyptian uprising.

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Hafiz Saeed has spoken exclusively to Al Jazeera after the US announced a $10m reward for his arrest. The Pakistani man accused by the US and India of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks says he is innocent and ready to appear in court.

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Al Jazeera investigates the rise of the English Defence League.

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Francois Hollande has been elected president of France, the country's first Socialist leader in nearly two decades. Addressing jubilant supporters in the French capital, Paris, he called for a change in Europe's austerity direction. Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons reports.

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The internationally celebrated Greek composer talks about the role of music in times of chaos, crisis and uncertainty.

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A documentary about Vittorio Arrigoni, the Italian peace activist who was passionate about helping the Palestinian people. He moved to Gaza in 2008 to work for ISM. He was kidnapped and killed by a Salafi group in April 2011.

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Emad Mahou was arrested and tortured by Syrian military intelligence officials in July last year. He spoke to Al Jazeera from Amman, Jordan.

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In an exclusive interview Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, the Vatican's top official responsible for relations between the Catholic Church and the Muslim world, speaks about the recent attacks and the fate of Christian communities in the Middle East.

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Al Jazeera's Tony Harris interviews Professor Michael Sandel of Harvard University, Boston whose courses have become an international phenomenon.

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Before Standard & Poor's downgraded America's sovereign debt rating in August, Dagong Credit in China had already done so. Dagong's chairman, Guan Jianzhong, says the US has not done enough to improve its fiscal condition.

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Rap of the revolution: Most of the world's past conflicts have inspired protest songs to reflect the spirit of resistance. Now Egypt has its own. Inspired by the resilience of the demonstraters, several notable musicians from North America have teamed up to release a rap song. Omar Offendum, a Syrian-American rapper, was interviewed at Al Jazeera's Doha studio. Rap video here: www.youtube.com

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According to a poll, Australia rates number one in the world for bullying on social networks, with 9 in 10 families reporting a brush with bullies online. We explore the dark side of the web and the sometimes deadly consequences of cyberbullying.

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Al Jazeera's Abderrahim Foukara asks the former US defense secretary whether he made adequate preparations to avoid the thousands of lives lost in Iraq. Part of Donald Rumsfeld's first interview with Al Jazeera after disparaging comments he made in 2004. He claimed then that the network's coverage from Iraq was "vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable". The full interview can be seen on Al Jazeera Arabic on Tuesday 4th October at 1405GMT and twice more thereafter.

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The United Nation's high commissioner for human rights explains why she thinks arming the Syrian opposition would just lead to an escalation of the violence. She also discusses the dangers of any possible attack on Iran.

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South Korean pop music known as 'K-Pop', is flourishing around the world, finding new fans across Asia, Europe and the US. This film reveals the dark side of the increasingly popular industry.

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Saif al-Islam, one of Muammar Gaddafi's sons, has been the public face of the Libyan regime since the unrest in the country began. He has accused the international media, including Al Jazeera, of blowing the crisis out of proportion. In an interview with Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught, he repeated the allegation and claimed that the West was trying to take over Libya's oil.

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Franco Frattini, the Italian foreign minister, speaks to Al Jazeera's Teymoor Nabili about the role of the international community in Libya, Italy's close relationship with Gaddafi, managing potential enormous flows of refugees coming to Italy, mediterranean politics, and supporting the Libyans.

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Professor Zhang Wei Wei offers a robust rebuttal against Western critics who focus on Chinese shortcomings and says China is an exceptional civilisation.

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This two-part series examines three individuals and their 25-year, 24/7 peace vigil in front of the White House, revealing how the bizarre act of a man labelled the 'first domestic terrorist' in the US brought them together.

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Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah is a philosopher advocating a school of thought called 'cosmopolitanism'. He tells Al Jazeera what this is and what it means for how people define themselves in terms of race, religion, class and nationality.

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With much of Europe in financial meltdown, a leading Chinese economist offers a solution to the crisis.

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Andrew Richardson goes in search of the soul of British football.

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