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Vigilante groups take on Mexico cartels

Criminal gangs in Mexico are still carrying out mass kidnappings despite a promise by President Enrique Peña Nieto to protect the people. In the Western state of Michoacan, towns continue to join popular vigilante groups to defend themselves from the brutal Knights Templar cartel. More than 60 bodies have been recovered from clandestine graves in the area. Authorities have said they will not allow people to take justice into their own hands, but as Al Jazeera’s Rachel Levin reports from Michoacan, the self-defence groups will not give up.

Killing Arafat l Al Jazeera Investigations

A world exclusive investigation tells the inside story of the fight for the facts behind Yasser Arafat’s death. Following What killed Arafat? which led French prosecutors to open a murder inquiry, this documentary follows the struggle to convince the Palestinian Authority to allow an exhumation of Arafat’s body to test for radioactive poison. Al Jazeera’s Clayton Swisher reports on the tests that led to the Swiss scientists reporting high levels of polonium Yasser Arafat’s bones. – Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Arafat #Palestine

Jewish convert to Islam; does pilgrimage to plain of Arafat

al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra inside the stream of pilgrims heading to Mount Arafat in Mecca, a journey that millions of Muslims do every year. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #CovertingtoIslam #AljazeeraEnglish #Jewish