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Australia bans ‘branded’ packaging of cigarettes
Starting on Dec. 1, it will be illegal in Australia to sell cigarettes in “branded” packaging, reported Al Jazeera. Instead, the government has created a variety of standardized packages for all manufacturers. “Australia’s government has taken away that flash of color and brand,” says Al Jazeera. The companies attempted to…
Al-Jazeera says news service hacked again
DOHA — Qatar-based Al-Jazeera news network’s mobile service was hacked on Sunday, four days after a number of its Internet websites came under cyber attack, it reported on its website al-jazeera.net. “The story claiming that the Prime Minister (Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem) has been the target of an assassination attempt…
Arafat’s body to be exhumed for radiation testing
Palestinian authorities have agreed to exhume the body of deceased Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, reports claimed Wednesday, following an Al Jazeera investigative expose that claims scientists in Switzerland detected high levels of radiation in his clothing and on his toothbrush. The radiation was determined to be from the extremely rare,…
Al-Jazeera video breaks down military spending by the dollar
More than half of every dollar we pay into taxes goes toward military spending, according to an analysis posted by Al-Jazeera earlier this week. The video illustrates a conversation between radio host Dennis Bernstein and journalist Dave Lindorff. “People have to realize that 53 cents of every dollar that they…
Philippine students create cell phone for blind people
Engineering students in the Philippines appear to have made it easier for blind people to use mobile phones, according to a report from Al Jazeera. The students created a mobile phone by installing a braille pad into the console to help them read and send text messages easier. WATCH: Video…
U.S. authorities crackdown on medical marijuana spots
The federal crackdown on state legalized medical marijuana facilities has grown to become a rising issue across the United States, as a new report from Al Jazeera documents. California is an epicenter for the law enforcement crackdown despite being one of the dozen states to legalize medical marijuana, including a…
Gulf fishermen report eyeless shrimp, malformed fish hearts after oil spill
Dr. Jim Cowan, with Louisiana State University’s Department of Oceanography, spoke to Al Jazeera recently and described the regular complaints he gets from fishermen, who often warn of deformed sea life like eyeless shrimp, crabs without claws, fish whose hearts don’t fully form, and numerous creatures with unexplained lesions on…
California man creates exotic forest from trash
There maybe no better representative of the phrase “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” than 65-year-old Elmer Long. In a report from Al Jazeera English, Long has collected a bevy of trash items for over three decades and turned them into an exotic forest in California’s Mojave Desert. Bottles,…
‘Occupy Minnesota’ helps woman stay in her home
Add another foreclosure fight to the list taken on by “Occupy Wall Street” protesters across America. In a video interview from Al Jazeera, Minnesota resident Monique White explained that the local “Occupy” group helped her stay in her home since November after home loan bank Freddie Mac threatened to evict…
WATCH LIVE: Libya reacts to reports of Gaddafi’s death
Libyans celebrated Thursday as reports came in claiming that Muammar Gaddafi had been killed. Watch this live video from Al Jazeera, broadcast Oct. 20, 2011.…
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