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Wednesday's Reality Check

Oxfam calls for action at Davos, Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Cairo, Syria talks in Montreaux, Bangkok state of emergency

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Oxfam says world leaders must start to "walk the walk"

85 people own half the world's wealth

The world's political and business elite meet in Davos, Switzerland today for the annual World Economic Forum.

Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva of Oxfam discusses their report highlighting inequality with the staggering figure that just 85 people own around half of the world's wealth. He says world leaders must do less talking and take more real responsibility for combating inequality.

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Peter Greste and his team of 3 were arrested in Cairo in December

Al Jazeera journalists imprisoned in Egypt

Karim El Gawhary reports from Cairo on the arrest and detention of 4 members of staff from Al Jazeera English, including Australian correspondent, Peter Greste.

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UN Secretary, General Ban Ki Moon, and US Secretary of State, John Kerry opened the talks

Syria talks begin in Montreaux

As the much anticipated talks on Syria begin, Kitty Logan reports from Montreaux on the way the talks are being conducted and the expectations,

and analyst Shashank Joshi gives his take on the opening speeches.

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Bangkok begins a state of emergency amid increasingly violent protests

State of emergency in Bangkok

Tony Cheng reports from the Thai capital as a 60 day state of emergency comes into effect in an effort to quell the ongoing protests.

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