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In the wake of the catastrophe, the Indonesian army and local separatist rebels ended their decades-long war, which took 15, lives. A New Life Getting children off the streets. For the past 17 years, the Salesian priest has been working in southern India providing education, shelter, and better opportunities to India's growing number of street children. As this report shows, many quickly become addicted to life on the street and find it hard to leave. Country Doctors On rough roads and remote rivers. Frustrated by his country's lack of healthcare for the poor, especially those in rural areas, Dr.

Edgar Rodas started an organization of volunteer Ecuadorian doctors who trek high into the Andes and deep into the Amazon, performing surgeries on a hospital truck and boat. Watch these dedicated doctors in action in our latest video about individuals trying to make a difference in the world.

A Girl's Life Making room to read. While trekking in Nepal in , American John Wood saw that many children couldn't afford to go to school and that schools in the poorest rural areas had a chronic shortage of books. It was a transformational experience for Wood that spurred him to start a literacy program called Room to Read. This week's Rough Cut tells the story of Wood's nonprofit that now helps to educate millions of children in the developing world and visits some of the Nepalese communities his program has helped. Give Peace a Chance A journey home.

Every family has its secrets. Josef Sawyer found his in a drawer. As a boy living in suburban Massachusetts during the s, he found a videotape stored among a collection of home movies and photographs. Watching the tape, Sawyer witnessed a murky, chaotic scene: A group of ragged soldiers, drinking beer and shouting, were torturing a man. The New Wave Filmmakers reveal society's dark side.

Reporter Joshua Fisher takes a cinematic journey to China where he meets with the country's new wave of independent filmmakers. Known as the "Sixth Generation," the group flouts censorship to tell gritty contemporary stories about the country's rapid modernization and the millions of migrants living at its margins. NGOs Russia's attack on independent voices. I have traveled to Russia three times in the past year to investigate the Kremlin's crackdown on independent voices. I first grew interested in the topic in , when I read about a new NGO non-governmental organization law that limited the ability of nonprofit organizations to operate freely in Russia.

Island on the Edge A rough, new energy frontier. Sakhalin Island is what international oilmen might call a "hardship post. But underneath the surface of the island and the surrounding seas is enough oil and gas to power the United States for as much as a decade. The Return Asians back in Africa. I was always fascinated by the Indian traditions my family has preserved, even though my parents have never visited India.

They were born in Uganda. In , my parents were expelled from the country by the notorious dictator Idi Amin. By traveling to Uganda, I thought it would help me better understand my parents and, more profoundly, myself. I also wanted to investigate the racial dynamics in the country since the expulsion and discover which side -- if any -- I would "side" with: In this audio slide show, Bonet talks about the project and the images he captured.

The Missing Girls A society out of balance. In , when my wife and I traveled to India to live and work, the one issue that kept grabbing our attention was northern India's deep cultural preference for sons over daughters. The desire for sons can be so great, that some families, after having a girl or two, will abort female fetuses until they bear a son.

The practice is called female feticide or sex selection. Land Without Fences A nomad's hard choice. Half of Mongolia's two million population still practice the ancient tradition of nomadic herding. Families have kept these herds -- mostly goats, sheep, and horses -- for generations, and parents often bequeath hundreds of animals to their children. Through my study-abroad program, I found myself living and working with such families, experiencing their grueling lives for a few weeks at a time.

The Precarious Generation Au revoir job security. Election season in France this year has provided high drama. As the French head to the polls, they are not simply choosing their next president but choosing an identity. The country is facing deep schisms over economic and social policy, and each candidate represents a very different future for the Gallic nation of 61 million people.

Sounds of Hope How music is transforming society. At a time when fair and accurate news coverage is more essential than ever, marked one of the deadliest years on record for journalists. Surprisingly, despite the fierce fighting in Iraq, most of the slain journalists did not die in combat. They were deliberately targeted, hunted down, and murdered for investigating corruption, crime, or human rights abuses in countries around the world. His report focuses on the growing influence of Al Jazeera, and the controversy around the recent launch of Al Jazeera English, which U. Barker also visits the "war room" of the State Department's Rapid Response Unit, which monitors Arab media 24 hours a day, and meets with U.

Everyone's a Journalist The story of OhMynews. The Last Medicine Woman The secret life of plants. In this week's Rough Cut, producer Joe Rubin and Colombian reporter Paula Botero enter the world of the shamens, or medicine women, who comb the rich canopy of Panama's rain forests gathering plants with powerful healing properties.

Known simply as "Neles'' and members of Panama's Kuna Indians, the women have passed down their knowledge of hundreds of plants through generations. But as the modern world and modern science encroaches, their practices and traditions are fast disappearing. A Reporter's Search for Al Qaeda. This week's Rough Cut recounts a war reporter's search for Islamist extremists harboring in Somalia and with links to Al Qaeda. On his intrepid journey into the south of Somalia, Dominique Christian Mollard, a veteran news reporter with the Associated Press, reveals a shadowy and dangerous country blighted by years of anarchy.

Moscow's version of Sex and the City explores what it means to be a young, single woman in modern-day Russia. The Cell Next Door The hidden face of suburban jihad. The Cell Next Door retraces events leading up to last year's arrests in Toronto of 18, mostly young, Muslim men - who are now standing trial -- and talks to the radical Muslim informant within their ranks who helped foil the attacks.

The Price of Sex Women caught in the sex trade. In the series debut, "The Price of Sex," documentary photographer Mimi Chakarova looks into the lives of young East European women trafficked into the sex trade. Law and Disorder On patrol with Kirkuk's police chief. To show what residents and the police must face in an increasingly violent city, Sherabayani goes on patrol with the city's police chief, a man he introduces as the most-wanted policeman in Kirkuk, because of the many insurgents who would like to kill him. This Is Your Wife Invitation to an arranged marriage.

In this week's "Rough Cut," we travel to Pakistan to celebrate a wedding. When family matriarch Robina Asghar told Perry that her eldest son Tabriz was about to marry in Pakistan to a woman he barely knew, she invited Perry along. What follows is an affectionate portrait of a young man caught between his parents' cultural expectations and his own sense of himself as a 21st century American.

Caught in the People's War A journey into an uncertain future. He also wanted to know how journalists were able to report about the conflict after the government virtually shut down the media in Goodman follows Guna Raj Luitel, a Nepalese reporter, who has made it his mission to cover all sides of the conflict for his newspaper the Kantipur Daily. Hope on the Ballot Can historic elections bring peace? Since gaining independence in , the Democratic Republic of Congo has suffered through decades of dictatorship and war.

In July the country went to the polls in the first democratic vote in more than 40 years. Reporter George Lerner travels to Congo to find out how people are reaching beyond a legacy of violence and what these historic elections represent. State of Fear A regime at war with its own people. Williams, who was banned from the country for reporting on the democracy movement 10 years ago, meets secretly with the dissidents still pushing for change, and gathers evidence of the atrocities and slave labor that is helping keep the regime in power.

Little Mexico Legal son of an illegal mother. Elvira Arellano is an illegal Mexican immigrant living in Chicago with a deportation order -- and a 7-year-old American-born son. As a first-generation Polish immigrant who lived in Chicago for nearly 25 years, reporter Marian Marzynski brings a unique perspective to the story of migration to the United States, interweaving Arelleno's story with Chicago's history as an immigrant city. Part 1 and Part 2 Life on the road in western China. When filmmaker Brent E. Huffman took a six-month assigment in remotest western China, he knew it would be no ordinary adventure.

There with his Chinese-born producer wife, Xiaoli, to film endangered wildlife and minority cultures, Huffman kept a diary and captured images of the beauty of China's last untouched wilderness as well as some of the most polluted, decimated landscapes on the planet. The Art Revolution Challenging Fidel's socialist system. Cuba has a long and rich heritage in the arts, but during the last two decades, the visual arts have become a cultural phenomenon.

In this week's Rough Cut, filmmaker Natasha Del Toro travels to Cuba to meet two of its most acclaimed artists and find out why art is at the center of Cuban society. Divided We Stand Can we agree on a hero? In our latest Rough Cut from Bosnia, we recall the tragedy of the civil war in the s, but also focus on a new post-war generation of young people looking for ways to move on. Traveling to the ancient Ottoman city of Mostar, a place still very much divided along ethnic lines, our reporter discovers the community has found an unlikely hero to bring them closer together.

With insurgents targeting fuel supplies and Iraqi oil output down to a trickle, Sherabayani reports on the rising tension and violence over the country's most valuable asset. Out of the Shadow A solar eclipse in a country seeking acceptance. Libya is not the first place that springs to mind as a hot-ticket destination.

But much has changed in the country in recent years as Libya and its leader Colonel Gaddafi have returned to the diplomatic fold. Who better to explore the mysteries of present-day Libya than our roving world-music reporter Marco Werman? And what better way to get inside the country than to tag along with the 10, astronomy enthusiasts who descended on Libya earlier this year to watch the solar eclipse? One-Way Ticket to Europe African migrants search for a better life. The story offers an unsettling glimpse of life for these new immigrants and exposes how complex and divided the issue of illegal immigration has become.

A Pound of Flesh Selling kidneys to survive. Traveling between India's high-tech center of Bangalore and the slums to the south, Grant spoke to government officials, doctors, kidney brokers and donors to try to find out why so many people are still getting paid to give up their kidneys even though a law was passed 12 years ago to heavily regulate the practice.

Shadows and Lies Inside a state of fear. Posing as tourists, reporter Alexis Bloom and producer Cassandra Herrman find a population struggling with hunger and poverty, and living in fear of a government that has become a brutal dictatorship. Heart of Berlin The struggle to save an East German landmark.

In this week's Rough Cut, "Heart of Berlin," a struggle to leave the past behind unfolds. Filmmaker Jason Spingarn-Koff, who lived in Berlin 10 years ago, travels back to the city to look at a movement to save the Palace of the Republic -- a landmark building that has alternately been called a national treasure and a national eyesore. Find out why some want to raze and others want to redefine this Socialist icon. Karina's Story Buidling a life as a transgender woman. If you didn't know what you were watching, the opening scenes of this week's Rough Cut might look like the rushes from a film by Pedro Almodovar.

Our stories come in a variety of styles; this time around, we present a cinema verite piece, a "day in the life," narrated by its main character, a transgender hairdresser living in Santiago, Chile. Inside Hamas After winning the vote, can they govern? Gaining access to Hamas's political leadership and to its secretive military wing, Seelye builds a portrait of an organization teetering between a political awakening and a familiar cycle of bloody resistance. Chopin's Heart A nation's musical gift to the world. Eight hundred contestants, from 19 countries, sign up for the nail-biting musical marathon, which provides exquisite music and plenty of surprises.

On the Road With Evo The making of an unlikely president. In this week's Rough Cut, we present an insightful, and very timely, portrait of Evo Morales as he campaigned for the presidency last December. Like any good campaign film, "On the Road With Evo" combines public performance with private moments and helps to explain Evo's popular appeal. All it took was a few sentences in a Japanese history textbook last year to spark the biggest protests China had seen since Why did a dispute over the history of a World War II era massacre trigger such outrage?

In the wake of a stunning electoral victory by the militant Palestinian group Hamas and with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in a deep coma, veteran producer Ofra Bikel travels to Israel on the eve of the March 28 elections to take the measure of Ehud Olmert, the man widely expected to succeed Sharon. Soundtrack to a Riot A rap of protest from the ghetto. In this week's Rough Cut, producer Camille Servan-Schreiber and reporter Marco Werman go to Paris to talk to a multitude of rappers -- some successful, some rapping in their living rooms -- to find out what lay at the heart of last year's riots and how this anger has been expressed in today's rap rebellion.

Uneasy Peace A community learns to forgive. In a journey to Belfast, once infamous for riots and bombs, Niall McKay finds that the hardwork of forgiving has begun.

His Rough Cut video introduces Catholics and Protestants who are trying to heal their communities and find ways to talk to each other across old divides. Cold Comfort A battle for hearts and minds in the quake zone. Amid the already heated politics of the region, she finds a mix of medicine and religious ideology being dispensed. The Coca-Cola Controversy Soft drink company accused of complicity in murder of union leaders. Citing charges that the soft drink company was complicit in the violent repression of a union at several of its bottling plants in Colombia, the University of Michigan and New York University recently canceled their contracts with Coke.

Watch their video report. Saddam's Road to Hell A journey into the killing fields. As Saddam Hussein faces trial for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and the country he once ruled slides into potential civil war, veteran filmmaker Gwynne Roberts and a team of human rights investigators set off on a dangerous journey across Iraq to find out what exactly happened to 8, Kurdish men and boys who went missing in the early years of Saddam's rule.

Jewel of the Amazon The conflict over Brazil's Diamonds. Who should control what may become the richest diamond mine in the world? Calcutta Calling American girls explore their roots. What happens when three teenage girls living in Minnesota decide to visit the land of their birth? All three were adopted as infants from an orphanage in Calcutta, India. In this week's Rough Cut video, Sasha Khokha follows the girls back to South Asia, as they explore their roots, with curiosity and trepidation. This Little Old Town War or no war, refugees return home.

Decades of violence -- much of it tied to the drug trade -- have ravaged Colombia. Fighting between leftwing guerillas, right-wing paramilitaries, and government soldiers has forced many civilians to flee their villages. But in this week's Rough Cut video, reporter Deborah Correa joins a group of refugees determined to reclaim their hometown, war or no war. Reindeer Men Mythic nomads in a modern world. For those raised on visions of Santa Claus and his flying reindeer, this week's Rough Cut offers a bracing reality check as we journey into the fabled Arctic land of reindeer herders.

The modern world is closing in on these nomadic people with recreational snowmobilers, mining companies, even NATO military bases encroaching on their remote, centuries-old way of life. Cutting the Wire Witnessing a land occupation. Nearly half of Brazil's farmland is owned by 1 percent of the population -- a glaring inequality in a nation known for its stark division between rich and poor.

That Sinking Feeling Global warming, rising seas. There's trouble in paradise. A small island nation in the South Pacific, Tuvalu, is threatened by rising ocean levels believed to be caused by global warming. The Slow Life Tune in, drop out, grow rice. Tokyo's "bright lights, big city" energy is a beacon to Japanese and foreign tourists alike, but some young Japanese are choosing to slow down, drop out and grow rice. The Curse of Inca Gold The story behind the world's richest gold mine. The Yanacocha gold mine in Peru is run by Newmont Mining Corporation of Denver, Colorado, the largest gold mining company in the world.

The story provides, says Bergman, a case study of "how a multinational company does business in a developing country rife with corruption. A Murder in Kyiv An assassination haunts the country. Just a year ago, in November , Ukranians poured into Kyiv's Independence Square, demanding democratic change. The nonviolent Orange Revolution ousted the old regime. Now a young widow returns from exile, hoping the new government will dare to arrest those who ordered the killing of her journalist husband -- even if the trail leads to former President Kuchma himself.

The Play Pump Turning water into child's play. In rural villages across South Africa, some 5 million people don't have access to clean drinking water. In this week's Rough Cut, Africa correspondent Amy Costello brings us a surprisingly upbeat tale about Trevor Field, a canny entrepreneur who decided to tackle South Africa's water woes in his own novel and enterprising way.

Weight of the World Rebuilding Afghanistan in the gym. In newly opened gyms in downtown Kabul, young men are rebuilding Afghanistan one muscle at a time. They are pumping iron and dreaming of Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is not what you'd expect to find in Afghanistan, a country that is still one of the poorest in the world and remains an unsettled and perilous place after 25 years of war.

But some 35 gyms have sprouted in the capital city since U. Occupied Minds A Palestinian and Israeli on the road. Occupied Minds is the personal odyssey of two journalists -- Jamal Dajani, a Palestinian American, and David Michaelis, an Israeli citizen -- who travel together to Jerusalem, where they were both born, "to face the hard realities of our shared land. Samurai Surfers Eco-warriors in Puerto Rico.

Angel Rodriguez, aka "El Doctor," is a former accountant turned full-time surfer and coach of Puerto Rico's surf team. He's also a tenacious defender of his marine environment. Just ask the U. Army Corps of Engineers that made the mistake of dumping harbor dredge on El Doctor's favorite surf spot. This Land is Ours Who should own Namibia's farms? The conflict over land reform in Namibia is a continentwide debate in microcosm: Given Africa's history of colonialism, and its ongoing disparities in wealth between blacks and whites, how is it possible to redress those inequities fairly without causing economic collapse?

Petersburg Russian hate crimes on the rise.

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Petersburg" is the story of Nikolai Mikhailovich Girenko, a prominent defender of minority rights, who was gunned down in his home in the summer of His death was mourned by human rights defenders around the world. More than a year later, his murder remains unsolved. Seeds of Suicide India's desperate farmers. It's an epidemic in India, where farmers try to keep up with the latest pest-resistant seeds only to find themselves trapped in a vicious cycle of pesticides that don't work, drought and debt.

Since , more than 25, farmers have committed suicide, many drinking the chemical that was supposed to make their crops more, not less, productive. The Women's Kingdom In China, how free can a woman be? Reporter Xiaoli Zhou, who comes from Shanghai, told us she had always wanted to visit the Mosuo region to see for herself how much freedom a woman might enjoy in China. Dark Shadows The legacy of war in Serbia and Bosnia. The 10th anniversary of the worst massacre in Europe since World War II has focused the world's skittering attention on the unfinished business of the Balkan war.

Thousands gathered this week in Bosnia to commemorate the Srebrenica massacre, when Bosnian Serb soldiers killed at least 7, Muslim men and boys. Cursed by the Gods Rebuilding lives after the tsunami. Return to Kirkuk A Kurdish exile's journey home. Karzan Sherabayani is a Kurdish exile living in Britain, an activist and an actor.

Twenty-five years ago, when he was 19, Sherabayani escaped from Iraq, where he had been imprisoned and tortured by Saddam Hussein's secret police. In January , he returned to his hometown, Kirkuk, to vote in the first national elections since the overthrow of Saddam's regime.

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His minute film, "Return to Kirkuk," has never been shown in the United States. Part 3 The Guru. The most elusive character in the case of the U. Khan has been indicted by the U. Justice Department but he remains free in Pakistan, where he insists he is innocent. His South African collaborator, Asher Karni, has already pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing in a Brooklyn prison. Going Nuclear Legal power or illegal weapons? With exclusive access to a U.

The Ballad of Juan Quezada A potter brings a village back to life. As a young boy, 40 years ago, Juan Quezada discovered ancient painted pots in a cave in the rugged hills near his home. Quezada toiled to recreate the pottery methods of the Paquime Indians, a culture that died out centuries ago.

After becoming an international pottery star, Quezada trained others in his village. Now, Mata Ortiz is home to several hundred master artisans, and Quezada is a local hero. The Earthquake An assassination sparks a revolution. Following the recent assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri -- and decades of Syrian hegemony over Lebanon -- hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Beirut, suspecting Syrian involvement in Hariri's murder and demanding the withdrawal of Syrian troops.

It was an unprecedented display of Lebanese solidarity. No More War General Opande's last mission. United Nations peacekeepers moved into Liberia in to help implement a peace deal and make the country secure both for civilians and for the transitional government that was put in place after President Charles Taylor was exiled. Nuclear Underground -- Video Web Exclusive: Karni has pled guilty to violating U. Punk Rock in the Holy Land Israelis find freedom in a thriving punk scene. In Israel, a vibrant punk scene has emerged in a society torn apart by the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

Nuclear Underground -- Special Report: Part 1 The Middleman. The importer was Humayun Khan, an Islamabad businessman with close ties to Pakistan's military. Reporting the War Trying to cover the world's most dangerous place. He travels with men and women whose quest for the story not only requires body armor as a tool of the trade, but also can lead to sudden death. The Quick and the Terrible Investigating charges of genocide. Costello takes a close-up look at the plight of the Darfuris and examines the consequences of continued civil war.

Silenced A reporter's nightmare. Her clandestine interview with a Uighur man turns into a reporter's nightmare when Chinese authorities arrest Fang and her source, confiscate her videotape, interrogate her for 24 hours, and take the Uighur man away to an unknown fate. In her story, Fang reveals the name of the man in an effort to bring attention to his plight. Dispatches From a Small Planet: Join young "backpack" journalists and veteran correspondents around the world as they report international perspectives on the U.

And what issues are they dealing with in their own elections? The Sex Workers A tale of two cities. In cities rife with sex trafficking, where as many as 60 percent of the people are infected with HIV, can their fight help keep the disease from exploding? A Death in the Desert The fatal journey of a migrant worker.

LoMonaco finds Garcia's family and interviews his surviving brother and others. Their responses to LoMonaco reveal the dangers faced by desperate migrants. Shanghai Nights A new generation's cultural revolution. Explore Shanghai's restless youth culture with pop novelist and literary "bad girl" Mian Mian, whose writing about sex, drugs and music rocked a generation.

On a Razor's Edge A journey home at a time of hope and crisis. Obaid visits the scene of the most recent assassination attempt on Musharraf, meets with key military leaders and interviews a clandestine jihadi fighting a holy war in neighboring Kashmir. The Kidnapped Bride The resurgence of a banned custom. Lom gets inside families to talk with kidnapped brides -- those who have managed to escape from their captors as well as those who are making homes with their new husbands.

Run Lornah Run Women racing for their lives. Kenyan men have long ranked among the world's best long distance runners, but until recently, Kenyan women have been confined to traditional roles at home and on the farm. Forbidden Iran A reporter's undercover journey. Kokan, in disguise, escapes the constant surveillance of Iranian authorities to interview underground and jailed activists. The Lawless Sea Investigating a notorious shipwreck. In November , an aging oil tanker sank off the coast of Spain, causing one of Europe's worst environmental disasters.

The Exile's Song Reclaiming African roots. Over four hundred years, the Garifuna people of Central America's Caribbean coast have evolved a musical tradition that blends the African rhythms of their ancestors with indigenous instrumentation. After covering the U. Rich In Russia The brave new world of young capitalists and tycoons. She interviews Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the richest man in Russia, and principal owner of Yukos, Russia's largest oil company, now under investigation by Russian authorities.

Tavernise also meets Boris Berezovsky, a billionaire who fled to London, where he has just been granted political asylum. A Nation on Edge A polarizing president stirs political passions. What accounts for the remarkable staying power of Hugo Chavez, the maverick, populist president of Venezuela? The SARS epidemic may be an early test of the ability of medical science to respond to a swiftly spreading, globalized infectious malady. Starring Osama Bin Laden A folk opera with a disturbing twist.

Days later, after a four-hour-long portrayal of bin Laden before an enthusiastic, packed house in Calcutta, the actor turns to ask our reporter: Islands Under Siege A reporter's journey to meet Muslim rebels. Early this year, amidst military preparations for a war in Iraq, the United States announced it was sending 3, soldiers to Mindanao, the southernmost region of the Philippines.

He was reporting from the northern front, an area controlled by the Kurds since the first Gulf War. In the weeks Kiley spent in Kurdistan, he would discover a land and a people haunted by Saddam Hussein. Looking for Home An expatriate rediscovers his country. More than 30 years ago, the war in Vietnam shattered Nguyen Qui Duc's childhood.

Over the years he has returned to his homeland as a journalist, reporting on the country's culture and establishing connections with writers and artists living in Vietnam. Recently in Marseilles, a DJ put out a techno dance track that sampled the piano playing and singing of an older musician born and raised in Algeria. Party of God A reporter's search for the real Hezbollah.

Reporter David Lewis travels to Lebanon to find the group, known as the "Party of God," which some in Washington consider "the A-team of terrorists. Coffee Country Can fair trade save the farm? He meets tasters, buyers and indigenous farmers in remote coffee-growing regions. Dreams of Chomolongma Sherpa women scale Mount Everest. Fifty years after the first successful ascent of Mount Everest, five young Sherpa women struggle to make history by summitting the peak whose name in Nepali is Chomolongma, which means "Mother Goddess of the Universe.

In the Line of Fire When journalists become targets. Canadian TV producer Patricia Naylor interviews Palestinian cameramen and other journalists who say they have been shot by Israeli soldiers. The Future of Sound Innovative pop music from the land of ice and fire. Around-the-clock pub crawls follow, naturally. A riot breaks out, hundreds die and the beauty contestants flee. In the aftermath, the plight of Amina Lawal, a woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery, seems all the more telling.

Suspicious Minds A reporter's quirky visit to the forbidding. Traveling as tourists, BBC reporter Ben Anderson and cinematographer Wills Daws peek past the sights planned for them on their guided tour and develop surprising rapport with their ideologically pure official minders. The Pipeline War U. Correspondent Saira Shah travels to the latest battleground in Colombia's prolonged civil war: Pol Pot's Shadow Searching for a mysterious executioner. From to , nearly 2 million people died -- and the survivors still live side by side with the perpetrators.

My Old Haunts A native son returns to the land of Dracula. Writer and NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu returns to his homeland, Romania, 13 years after the revolution that brought down dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Hole in the Wall Opening the door to cyberspace. An Indian scientist embeds a high-speed computer in a wall bordering a slum, turns it on, and watches what happens as children begin to teach themselves to use the machine.

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