Switzerland minaret controversy

On Sunday, 57 per cent of the Swiss population voted in favour of blocking any new minarets being built attached to mosques. Does the vote reflect a rising tide against Islam across Europe? Is it a rare departure from Swiss neutrality? And is the vote even legal in the first place?

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Michael Moore on Larry King Live about Obama Afghanistan War Dec 02 2009

Michael Moore Talks on Obama's Afghanistan Escalation on Larry King Live, December 2, 2009

"What are we doing in Afghanistan? This is absolutely insane ... 15 of the 19 hijackers, terrorists, killers, of 9/11 they were from Saudi Arabia. In fact there wasn't one Afghanistan citizen amongst them. We have been in this war for twice as long now as the U.S. was in World War II, twice as long as world war II. We defeated Hitler and Tojo and Mussolini in half the time it's taken us to find Osama bin Laden ..." Michael Moore

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Iraqi Shoe-throwing journalist suffers similar fate

The Iraqi journalist who made headlines after throwing a shoe at George Bush has been the target of a similar attack at a press conference in France.
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Cop gets busted by Alien !!

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French troops bribing Taliban with weapons and money

The leader of the Taliban in Kabul has told Al Jazeera that French troops are trying to pay his men to stop attacking them.

Saif-Allah Jalili says he is also receiving Nato weapons that were supplied to groups who were meant to be fighting him.

David Chater reports.

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