Dispatches
with Rick MacInnes-Rae
Wednesday May 11, 2011
May 12 - 15: from Liberia - Berlin - Nigeria - Sarajevo, Bosnia - Cheonan, South Korea - Beijing
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People fleeing chaos in Ivory Coast are flooding refugee centres like this one in nearby Liberia. Photo/Bonnie Allen |
A story of the human spirit under pressure in Liberia. The tale of a farmer and the want of some seed.
Bosnia on the boil. With a perfect storm of looming ethnic conflicts, we ask if it's a viable post-war country or just a bunch of bickering cantons?
Sampling death: a slice of life from the Coffin Academy, where South Koreans go to ward off suicide.
From Germany, pressure to rename streets that honor some of the worst offenders from its colonial past.
Blues for the reds: words and music from the journalist who stumbled into stardom playing the blues in China. And the fury and the music of Nigeria's Seun Kuti, the son of a legend with a rebel pedigree.
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Categories: Africa, Asia, Europe, Past Episodes
Wednesday May 4, 2011
May 5 & 8 from: Glasgow - Florence - Uljanovsk, Russia - Butare, Rwanda - Delhi
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Newspaper seller in Pakistan. With Bin Laden gone, where will al-Qaeda surge next? Photo/Reuters |
al-Qaeda after bin Laden. An expert says it's certainly on the run from old hideouts, but on the rise in new places.
From Italy, the quest for the crypt containing the Mona Lisa smile.
In Scotland, the return of vicious sectarian soccer songs brings police on pitch.
Rwanda resorts to spies and stifling free speech to downplay the legacy of genocide.
And, a new documentary film on a stubborn Russian journalist who refuses to "bootlick" the state that wants rid of him.
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Categories: Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Past Episodes
Wednesday April 27, 2011
April 28 & May 1: from Coban, Guatemala - Zimbabwe - Benghazi, Libya - Kolkata, India - Belize.
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A sort of normalcy in evidence at a Benghazi market. In "Free Libya" people are taking steps to create a new society that breaks from Gadhafi's, hoping it survives his effort to restore his rule. Photo/Derek Stofel |
In the new Free Libya, police are no longer under orders to abuse the public. The other big change is that people have hope for the future.
From India, the story of a private investigator who busts counterfeiters by day and busts out Bollywood dance moves by night. You can tell a lot about a country by its gumshoes.
Zimbabwe's contribution to the glossary of dictatorship? It's called "Smart Genocide." Less killing, more torture -- and dirty diamonds are the prize.
Guatemala calls off its state of seige against a brutal drug cartel invading from Mexico. Guess what? A lot of people fear their own army more than the cartel.
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Categories: Africa, Americas, Asia, Middle East, Past Episodes
Thursday April 21, 2011
April 21 & 24: from Bhutan - China - Chiapas, Mexico - New York
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An avalanche races down the mountains of Bhutan (photo/Anjali Nayar) |
Bhutan fights silent tsunamis, one rock at a time.
In China, the whims of the late Mao Zedong proved fatal for a lot of people. So why are they being revived?
From Mexico, the story of a mine, and a mysterious murder that reaches all the way to Canada.
And, lessons learned from chicken guts, by an author who spent an entire year working jobs most Americans won't take.
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Categories: Americas, Asia, Past Episodes
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