The US city of New York has a neighbourhood for almost every ethnic group, from Chinatown to Little Italy. But only three buildings remain from an area once known as Little Syria.
Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey reports.
US Republican front runner Mitt Romney has won the caucus vote in the northeastern state of Maine. Romney's win with 39 per cent of the vote should allow him to reclaim some of the momentum he's lost recently.
Mohamed Waheed, the new president of the Maldives, has said that was open to an inquiry into how he took office.
Al Jazeera's Steve Chao has this exclusive report from a prison in Addu City in the Maldives.
Thousands of people have gathered in the Yemeni city of Taiz to commemorate the first anniversary of an anti-regime protest movement.
Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Taiz.
Democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi has kicked off her bid to win a seat in Myanmar's parliament.
She held her first official rally in the township of Kawhmu, south of the commercial capital Yangon.
Al Jazeea's Wayne Hay was there.
It is a problem around the world: in South Africa metal theft costs the economy about one billion dollars a year.
As part of our special series on precious metals.
Al Jazeera's Tania Page reports from Cape Town.
International Olympic Comittee President Jacques Rogge believes a future games in the middle east is a realistic possibility. Rogge has been speaking exclusively to Aljazeera's Lee Wellings.
Scottish soul singer-songwriter Emeli Sande discusses her new album, Our Version of Events; marketing maestro Martin Lindstrom talks about his new book Brandwashed; and economist Loretta Napoleoni discusses China's economic model as the best.
Presidential hopeful Dominique de Villepin discusses the state of the French economy and the country's political scene; and US Republican pundit Charlie Wolf and playwright/author Bonnie Greer debate the Republican party primaries.
A surprise series of primary season setbacks has delivered a wake-up call to Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney. Why isn't the party unifying around him? Guests: Karin Agness, Allan Lichtman and Robert Moran.
The United Sates has been putting more pressure on the Syrian government to end the violence in the country.
The US state department released new satellite pictures that it says were taken over Homs. Al Jazeera's Nicole Johnston reports.