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Iceland's hydrogen hope - 23 Oct 08

2008-10-26T10:54:09Z

The world financial crisis has hit Iceland particularly hard. The government has had to seek emergency funding from abroad, and suspend trading in its own currency.

But there's at least one cause for longer-term hope - efforts to make Iceland a pioneer in the alternative energy industry.

Nazanine Moshiri reports on the country's ground-breaking production and use of hydrogen fuel.

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From Palestine to Iceland_Sept 18 08

2008-10-31T03:29:57Z

After living for two and a half years in a makeshift desert camp in Baghdad, a group of Palestinian women and children have moved to Iceland. Iceland's government has now opened its doors to immigrants, but not everyone there has been welcoming. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports.

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Remembering Beslan - 01 Sep 08

2008-10-30T03:31:12Z

For the residents of North Ossetia the conflict between Russia and Georgia has brought back painful memories of their own tragedy.

It's four years since Chechen rebels took over 'School Number One', holding teachers and pupils hostage for 3 days. In a botched rescue attempt more than 330 people were killed.

Nazanine Moshiri reorts on the people of Beslan who are finding comfort in helping their South Ossetian neighbours, who have been caught up in the fighting.

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Fuel theft soars as world oil prices rise - 30 Aug 2008

2008-10-30T03:30:30Z

Surging fuel prices in Britain have led to a disturbing rise in crime.

Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Northern England where organised gangs are raiding farms to steal fuel.

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Russia backs Georgia's breakaway regions - 25 Aug 2008

2008-10-29T15:31:30Z

Russia's parliament had voted in support of independence for the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Al Jazeera' Nazanine Moshiri in Moscow reports on how the vote could stoke further tensions in the West.

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Russian troops withdraw from Georgia_August 19 2008

2008-10-29T15:31:30Z

Russian troops have began to pull out from the Georgian town of Gori. Al Jazeera's correspondent Nazanine Moshiri watched the tanks roll out and sent this report.

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S Ossetians return to ruined villages - 18 Aug 08

2008-10-29T03:30:33Z

South Ossetians are returning to their villages, but many are facing scenes of devastation with their homes destroyed and their livelihoods lost.

Human right organisations say armed groups are looting and burning much of what is left.

Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports.

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Tskhinvali residents return home - 17 Aug 08

2008-10-29T03:30:31Z

More than a week of fighting between Russia and Georgia has left thousands of refugees on both sides of the conflict.

Some are beginning to return to what remains of their homes, even if it means living among the rubble.

Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from South Ossetia where she spoke to some of those who were been caught up in the conflict.

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Rights abuses in Georgia's war - 15 Aug 08

2008-10-29T03:29:54Z

Both Russian and Georgian forces have been accused of human rights violations in the conflict over Georgia's breakaway regions.

Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports on the reservists in North Ossetia, inside Russia, who have come under particular scrutiny.

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Guided press tour of Tskhinvali - 15 Aug 08

2008-10-29T03:29:54Z

Exactly one week after the conflict began, Russia remains in control of the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali.

Moscow says fighting killed up to two thousand people there; many of them Russian citizens.

Reporters have been taken on a guided tour of Tskhinvali.

Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri was among them.

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Thousands displaced by Russia-Georgia war -- 14 august 2008

2008-10-29T03:29:28Z

Tens of thousands of people have fled South Ossetia and sought shelter in refugee camps in Russia's North Ossetia.

Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri visits a refugee camp near the Russian town of Vladikavkaz.

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India's caste victimisation in the UK - 01 Aug 08

2008-10-28T09:31:25Z

The centuries old caste system may be banned in India, but it appears to be flourishing in the UK.

There are thought to be at least 50,000 Dalits - the fifth and lowest caste in traditional Indian society - living in the UK.

Activists are currently lobbying UK government to have "caste" included in race discrimination legislation.

Nazanine Moshiri travelled to the city of Coventry to meet British Asians who say they're being discriminated against by members of their own community.

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Obama urges closer European ties - 24 July 2008

2008-10-28T09:30:14Z

Barack Obama, the US presidential candidate, has urged closer ties between the US and Europe in a speech to tens of thousands of people in Berlin, the German capital. Obama, speaking in the city's Tiergarten park, said the US had no better partner than Europe and cautioned the allies against turning inward. Nazanine Moshiri reports from Berlin.

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'Obamamania' hits Europe_July 26 2008

2008-10-28T09:30:12Z

Barack Obama has rounded off his international tour with a final stop in London. But will his globetrotting win him any votes back home? Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri and Cath Turner report from London, UK and Virginia, USA.

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Iranian border police on opium patrol -26 June 08

2008-10-26T21:31:17Z

A UN is to warn in a new report that there is a surge in illegal opium being smuggled from Afghanistan into Pakistan and Iran. Thousands of Iranian forces have died in the 30 year campaign against the narcotics trade. But the US and the European Union are now threatening to cut off crucial funding for those operations unless Iran halts uranium enrichment.Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports on the battle between police and drug smugglers from the
Iran-Afghan border.

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Iran's drugs war - 11 March 08

2008-10-20T09:31:35Z

One of the Iran's biggest problems is drugs. According to the United Nations more than 60 per cent of the opium that's produced in Afghanistan passes through Iran. The country gets millions of dollars of international assistance every year, but says that's only a fraction of what it needs to fight the drugs trade. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports.

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Serb anger over Kosovo declaration - 18 Jan 08

2008-10-16T15:30:03Z

Serbia's Prime Minister - Vojislav Kostunica - has condemned Kosovo's declaration as illegal.

He says it goes against the principles of international law.

The response on the streets of Belgrade has also been angry.
Nazanine Moshiri reports from the Serbian capital.

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An Italian town's wall of division - 21 Jan 08

2008-10-17T21:30:27Z

Italy may have contributed to more than its fair share of immigrants around the globe over the years, but it seems, these days, some Italians are becoming a little more choosey about the flow of people coming the other way.

The town of Cittadella in northern Italy has become the first place to declare which immigrants can live within its medieval walls.

Other towns could now follow suit.

Nazanine Moshiri reports

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Afghan forces raid US security firms - 25 Dec 07

2008-10-21T09:29:37Z

Private security in war zones is big business.

But who controls them is often not clear.

And in Afghanistan, the government appears committed to shutting them all down.

But one firm has told Al Jazeera the real reason is the Ministry of Interior wants to seize the business for itself.

Nazanine Moshiri reports from Kabul.

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Canada issues ultimatum to Afghan elders - 07 Dec 07

2008-11-20T09:25:50Z

Canada is toughening its stance in Afghanistan.

The military is telling tribal leaders they must reject the Taliban in order to get security and reconstruction help.

But some Afghans feel the choice is no choice at all. Opposing the Taliban could put them in the cross-hairs. But failing to oppose the Taliban means international forces won't protect them.

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Afghanistan's spreading violence - 05 DEC 07

2008-10-21T21:29:59Z

A suicide bomber has blown himself up in Kabul, killing at least 13 people. His target was Afghan soldiers, but it was mostly civilians that died. The violence coincides with Al Jazeera obtaining a UN map revealing that almost half the country is now too dangerous for aid workers to operate in. Nazanine Moshiri, who sent this report from the scene of the blast, looks at how the violence has spread.

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Afghanistan cannabis production - 3 December 2007

2008-10-21T21:30:29Z

Afghanistan is well known for its production of opium but Cannabis production has been allowed to boom. Almost half of the country's provinces now grow the drug.
Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from the Balkh province where it's the only way for local farmers to make money.

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Patrolling Afghanistan's volatile borders 23 Nov 07

2008-10-22T03:31:02Z

Daily battles with local bandits, drug traffickers and the Taliban. These are just a few of the challenges facing Afghanistan's soldiers who patrol the country's borders coupled. Added to that, is corruption within military ranks. Nazanine Moshiri reports on the challenges being encountered by Afghan border patrols.

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Afghans students hope English pays off - 11-Nov-07

2008-10-22T15:29:55Z

Young people in Afghanistan are flocking to private English language schools hoping to gain high paying jobs with foreign organistaions.

Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Kabul on the students who can afford to get ahead and those who cannot.

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Afghanistan Taliban stronghold - 8 Nov 2007

2008-10-22T15:30:55Z

An ambush in Southern Afghanistan has killed 7 policemen.

It happened in Zabul province near Helmand province, where British troops say they're coming under increasing attack from Taliban fighters.

The Taliban now control towns like Musa Qala in Helmand, as Nazanine Moshiri explains in this exclusive report for Al Jazeera.

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