Foreign Dispatch
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May 17, 2013 — Dispatches from Burma, Egypt and China
This week, the story of a Buddhist monk in Burma who is suspected of encouraging attacks against Muslims, artists try to revitalize Cairo, and remembering a devastating earthquake in China's Sichuan province.
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May 10, 2013 — Dispatches from Syria, China and France
This week we hear about Syrian refugees fleeing to Jordan, living with bird flu in China and recovering art seized by the Nazis in France.
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April 26, 2013 — Dispatches from Brazil, China, France,...
This week we hear about Sao Paolo through the eyes of its artists, brides in China now choosier in picking husbands, European horse trainers criticizing drug use in American horseracing, Egypt's own Jon Stewart, and Ford overtaking GM in China.
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April 12, 2013 - Dispatches from Korea, Syria and Mexico
This week, North Korea closes a last link to the South, the Alawites of Syria, and making fun on the rich in Mexico.
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April 5, 2013 — Dispatches from Syria, Italy, Spain,...
This week, we hear about Alawites turning against Syria's dictator, reminders of the prominent role women played in the early Christian church, and a comeback in Spain for the ancient ritual of hunting wild boar on horseback.
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March 29, 2013 — Dispatches from Egypt, India and France
This week we hear about Islamists offering government services in Egypt, women-only carriages in New Delhi, and restoring the Palace of Versialles in France.
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March 22, 2013 — Dispatches from Guatemala, Iraq, Mali,...
This week a former military dictator in Guatemala goes on trial accused of genocide, two sisters in Iraq with two very different destinies following the war, a musician from Mali explores the violence of religious extremists in a new album, smuggling timber in Afghanistan, and the Swiss reconsider their liberal gun laws.
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March 15, 2013 — Dispatches from China, Algeria, and...
This week, we hear about political corruption in China, providing security for foreigners in Algeria, and the "feel good factor" in Mexico.
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March 8,2013 — Dispatches Syria, Egypt, Qatar, India,...
This week, Syrians take refuge from the civil war in an ancient burial site, Egyptian police are accused of collective punishment, traveling with John Kerry on his first overseas trip as Secretary of State, the young woman who was raped and murdered in India is remembered and honored, Chinese farmers rise up against their own village chief, and a new airline aims to make travel among African cities convenient at last.
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Dispatches from Syria, Afghanistan, and Germany
This week, we hear about the Islamists fighting in Syria's civil war, packing up in Afghanistan, and why people are drinking less beer in Germany.
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February 22, 2013 — Dispatches from Mexico, Egypt,...
This week we hear about unseen casualities of Mexico's drug war, sexual violence against Egyptian women, desperate Syrian refugees in Lebanon, building an amusement park near Osama bin Laden's final hide out, and graffiti artists hoping for calm elections in Kenya.
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February 15, 2013 — Dispatches from Syria, Turkey, and...
This week, we hear about a young woman in Aleppo, Syria whose life has been turned upside down by the civil war there, how Turkish wrestlers are reacting to the sport's elimination from the Olympics, and the story of Israeli women who are fighting for the right to worship at Judaism's holiest site.
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February 8, 2013 — Dispatches from Greece, Turkey, the...
This week we hear about political violence on the rise in Greece, Iranian dissidents trying to elude the cyber police, the long lost bones of King Richard the Third, women in rural India facing the pervasive threat of rape, and an American woman strikes a blow against domestic violence in China.
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February 1, 2013 — Dispatches from Mali, China, and Egypt
This week we hear what's next for Mali, how some Chinese people spy on each other, and about the rejection of ultra-conservative Islam in Egypt.
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February 1, 2013 — Dispatches from Mali, China, and Egypt
This week we hear what's next for Mali, how some Chinese people spy on each other, and about the rejection of ultra-conservative Islam in Egypt.
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January 25, 2013 — Dispatches from Mali, Myanmar and...
This week we hear about an early success for the French in Mali, searching for Spitfires in Myanmar, and the Friends cafe in Beijing.
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January 18, 2013 — Dispatches from Syria
This week, we hear an eyewitness account by NPR's Kelly McEvers of Aleppo, Syria — a city at war.
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January 11, 2013-- Dispatches from China, Cuba, France,...
This week we hear about Chinese reporters striking over government censorship, Communist Cuba allowing citizens to travel without exit permits, France wanting to cut its workers' benefits to become more competitive, pay-by-the-minute cafes in Russia and preserving history in Eruope with olive oil.
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January 4, 2013 — Dispatches from Congo, Mexico, the...
This week, we hear about continuing tension in eastern Congo, shifts in Mexico's war on drugs, easing the blockade of the Gaza Strip, a crack epidemic in Brazil, a soap opera in Turkey, and some fishy music in Pakistan.
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December 28, 2012-- Dispatches from Syria, Indonesia,...
This week we hear about calculating the toll of the Syrian conflict, a rising political star in Indonesia, Italy's environmental battle, successful computing in Kenya, and trading insults over taxes in France.
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December 21, 2012-- Dispatches from South Korea,...
This week we hear about history being made in North Korea, health care workers under fire in Pakistan, India responds to a disturbing crime, free birth control for teen girls in France and women entrepreneurs in Afghanistan.
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December 14, 2012 — Dispatches from Syria, Spain, China,...
This week, we hear about rebuilding aSyrianvillage,North Korea's rocket launch,Spain's stolen babies, China's courts, and U.S. hockey stars shining in Russia.
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December 7, 2012-- Dispatches from Syria, the West Bank,...
This week we hear about displaced Syrians facing a cold winter, saving olives in the West Bank, breaking the cycle of prostitution in Kenya, navigating around artifacts in Turkey and a real cat fight in Italy.
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November 30, 2012-- Dispatches from Syria, Gaza, China,...
This week we hear about struggling young people in Gaza, revisiting Pakistan's Swat Valley, survival TV in Syria, China's answer to Twitter plus its famous First Lady, and cooking up a comeback in Mogadishu.
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November 23, 2012 — Dispatches from Israel, Pakistan,...
This week, we hear aboutIsrael's "Iron Dome," the dismissal of a blasphemy case in Pakistan, banning videotaping of police in Spain, wild boars in Berlin, and drunken passengers in the skies above Russia.
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November 16, 2012 — Dispatches from China, Jordan, and...
This week, we hear aboutChina's new leaders, social unrest in Jordan, and the rise of the far right in Greece.
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November 9, 2012-- Dispatches from China, Kenya, Syria,...
This week, we hear about China selecting their new leader for the next ten years, Kenyans reacting to President Obama's re-election, a stalemate in the battle for Syria's largest city, Africa's first high speed train and radical islamists threaten Mali.
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November 2, 2012 — Dispatches from China and Egypt
This week, we hear aboutChina preparing for a leadership change, why China's economy needs a radical makeover, and vigilante justice in Cairo.
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October 26, 2012-- Dispatches from Pakistan, Spain,...
This week we hear about a poor girl struggling to get educated in Pakistan, one part of Spain that seems to avoid the deep debt of the rest of the country, a TV hit in Sengal all about sheep, Cambodia trying to recover a thousand year old statue, and culture sprining up from Syria.
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October 19, 2012 — Dispatches from China, Lebanon, and...
This week, we hear about a U.S. presidential debate viewed from China, a close-up of a death in Syria, and a little-known vintage from France.
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October 12, 2012-- Dispatches from South Africa, Uganda,...
This week, we hear about South Africa's political firebrand, the forest people of Uganda and a movie premiere in Afghanistan.
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October 5, 2012 — Dispatches from Syria, Pakistan,...
This week, we hear about Syrian-American doctors joining rebels in Syria's civil war, Pakistan's sliding economy, Cambodian peasants losing their farms, Argentina's transgender citizens, and a plan to build Spain's own Las Vegas.
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September 28, 2012-- Dispatches from Syria, Tunisia and...
This week we hear about the rebel "safe" zone in Syria, freedom of speech in Tunisia, and saving the Tigers in India.
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September 21, 2012 — Dispatches from Libya, Singapore,...
This week, we hear aboutthe Islamists of Benghazi, Singapore's high-tech industry, and a shortage of eggs in Mexico.
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September 14, 2012-- Dispatches from Libya, South...
This week, we hear about the four Americans killed in Libya, mineworkers in South Africa on strike in a deadly stand-off with mine owners, the UK government apologizes for cover ups and lies about Britain's worst sporting disaster, Africa's oldest park, and Syria's revolution intensifies.
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September 7, 2012 — Dispatches from Spain, Syria, and...
This week, we hear about Germany’s chancellor getting a hostile reception in Madrid, a safe haven for refugees inside Syria, and living off the grid in India.
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August 31, 2012-- Dispatches from Syria, China,...
This week, we hear about Syria's civil war intesifying, China blaming corrupt officials for collapsing bridges, how thousands of made-to-order lunches are delivered daily in Mumbai, the danger of being a government official in Afghanistan and the cemeteries of Grindstone Island.
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August 24, 2012 — Dispatches from Pakistan, China, and...
This week, we hear about televangelists in Pakistan, a visit to China's Times Square, smartphone games in Japan, and sanctions putting the squeeze on Iran.
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August 17, 2012-- Dispatches from Syria, Iran, Germany,...
This week, we hear about Iran in crisis, cattle rustling in South Sudan, Germany's plan to go nuke-free, Muslims in Ramallah sneaking meals during Ramadan, and a Syrian defector.
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August 10, 2012 — Dispatches from Pakistan, China, and...
This week, we hear about power cuts in Pakistan, China’s new cities, and saving the true croissant in France.
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August 3, 2012-- Dispatches from Mali, Russia, Israel,...
This week, we hear how the destruction of sacred documents in the Sahara has drawn world attention to Mali, why Russian authorities are bringing charges against a leading dissident, why London is strangely quiet during the Olympics, multimillionaire rabbis in Israel and tentative capitalism in Cuba.
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July 27, 2012 — Dispatches from Syria, Greece, and...
This week, we hear about the Free Syrian Army in Syria, austerity hitting AIDS treatment in Greece, and migrant workers in Singapore.
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July 20, 2012 — Dispatches from China, Pakistan, Kenya,...
This week, we hear about hints of change under North Korea’s new leadership, a slain advocate for women’s rights in Pakistan,Kenya trying to educate all its children, an Alawite joining the Sunni resistance in Syria, and visitors flooding into London for the upcoming Olympics.
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July 13, 2012-- Dispatches from Syria, China, Germany,...
This week we hear about a family's life changed by the war in Syria, what became of Beijing's Olympic structures, a high tech bubble in Berlin, a Spainish family of nine surviving on one salary, and a huge Irish auction.
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July 6, 2012-- Dispatches from China, Yemen and Myanmar
This week we hear about China's population policy under pressure to change, the civilian cost of air attacks in Yemen, and a reality check for Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi.
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June 29, 2012 — Dispatches from Egypt, Syria and Myanmar
This week, we hear about Egypt's new Islamist president, the young leaders of Syria's uprising, and the monks and the generals of Myanmar, also known as Burma.
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June 22, 2012-- Dispatches from Syria, Yemen and England
This week, we hear about Syrian rebels fighting back, the tension in South Yemen and Aung San Suu Kyi making her return to Oxford.
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June 15, 2012 — Dispatches from Syria, China, Israel,...
This week, we hear about the toll of civil war in Syria, China-North Korea relations, African war refugees in Israel, the ethics of America's drone war, and France's Twitter scandal.
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June 8, 2012-- Dispatches from Tunisia, China and Italy
This week, we hear about Iran's preparations for Europe's oil boycott, a debate for hte future of Tunisia, a Chinese man on a mission, Vatileaks at the Vatican and trouble for Sesame Street in Pakistan.
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June 1, 2012 — Dispatches from Thailand, Lebanon, and...
This week, we hear about "The Lady" leaving Burma, one man's death in Syria, and the women boxers of Afghanistan.
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May 25, 2012 — Dispatches from Mongolia, Spain,...
This week, we hear about the world's fastest growing economy in Mongolia, Spain's end of four-day weekends, Indonesia and Israel'srising intolerance, and the U.S. dollar in Zimbabwe.
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May 18, 2012-- Dispatches from Lebanon, South Sudan and...
Thsi week, we hear about UN observers caught in the violence in Syria, more conflict between North and South Sudan, and trying to restrict the pokies in Australia.
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May 11, 2012 — Dispatches from Afghanistan, Lebanon, and...
This week, we hear about Afghanistan'ssoldiers and preachers, a peace plan for Syria under increasing threat, and a historic election looming in Egypt.
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May 4, 2012 — Dispatches from Pakistan, Lebanon,...
This week, we hear about Pakistan one year after Osama bin Laden's assassination, thedeath of a graffiti artist in Syria, seizing assets in South America, and Indonesia's disappearing mangroves.
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April 27, 2012-- Dispatches from China, US, and Spain
This week, we hear about a blind Chinese activist making his escape, refugees fleeing the violence between the two Sudans, and a long-neglected slum that Madrid is now eyeing for development.
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April 20, 2012 — Dispatches from China, Pakistan, and...
This week, we hear about China's political scandal, India and Pakistan'smountain standoff, and missteps by the king of Spain.
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April 13, 2012-- Dispatches from Korea and Syria
This week, we hear about a blow to North Korea's pride, why some Syrian army deserters don't want to fight for either side, and what it's like to try to be a pop-star in South Korea.
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April 6, 2012-- Dispatches from Myanmar, Syria and Panama
This week, we hear about an opposition victory in Myanmar, why Syria's Kurds are reluctant to join the rebellion, and expanding the Panama canal.
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March 30, 2012 — Dispatches from France, Egypt, and China
This week, we hear about the political effects of the murders in France, why Egypt's Bedouin kidnap foreigners, and trying to save dogs in China.
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March 23, 2012-- Dispatches from Afghanistan, France and...
This week, we hear about Afghans grieving after a rampage, France in shock after a terrorist attack, and the digitization of Einstein's letters.
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March 16, 2012-- Dispatches from Japan, Jordan, China,...
This week, we hear about recovery in northeast Japan, Syrian refugees in Jordan, the luxurious lives of legislators in China, Cockney slang ahead of the Olympics in London and flying a decades old airplane in Colombia.
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March 9, 2012 — Dispatches from Japan, Turkey, and Russia
This week, we hear aboutJapan's ongoing recovery from last year's disasters, Syrian rebels waiting for weapons, and Vladimir Putin winning Russia's presidential election again.
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March 2, 2012-- Dispatches from Israel and China
This week, we hear about Israel's preparedness for war with Iran, widespread corruption in Hong Kong, and a journey into the market for ivory in Beijing.
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February 24, 2012 — Dispatches from Lebanon, China, and...
This week, we hear about the shelling of Homs, Syria, life on the Tibetan plateau, and treating brain injuries in Afghanistan.
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February 17, 2012 — Dispatches from China, Myanmar,...
This week, we hear about the once-in-a-decade transition of power and "Linsanity" in China,Aung San Suu Kyi'selection campaign inMyanmar, Syria'scitizen journalists, and living under the Europe's debt crisis in Greece and Spain.
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February 11, 2012-- Dispatches from the United States,...
This week we hear about the options for dealing with Syria's violence, why Greeks are working without pay, how a group of French lingerie makers were helped by politics, a controversial way of taking out cholera in Haiti, and in China, wrecking balls in the name of development.
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February 3, 2012 — Dispatches from Syria, Turkey, and...
This week, we hear about memories of a massacre in Syria, economic development threatening old Istanbul, and the Mexican musicians who are famous internationally but unknown in Mexico.
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January 27, 2012-- Dispatches from Nigeria, China, UK,...
This week, we hear about an exodus from Nigeria, a disturbing new form of dissent in Tibet, a man trying to feed thousands in China, how Ireland is fairing in the EU debt crisis, and a fast-growing church in Haiti that grew out of the 2010 earthquake.
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November 20, 2012 — Dispatches from Egypt, Greece, and...
This week, we hear aboutEgyptian women in politics, why Greeks fear a return of the Drachma, and the people of China, trying to get rail tickets home for the holidays.
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January 13, 2001-- Dispatches from Haiti, China and India
This week, we hear about Haiti two years after the quake, China's attempts to make its TV less frothy, and what it takes to get into India's highly competitive colleges.
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January 6, 2011-- Dispatches from Egypt, China and...
This week, we hear about what's next for the Arab Spring, corruption in Chinese journalism, and the singer hoping to be the next leader of Senegal.
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December 30, 2011 - Dispatches from South Korea,...
This week, we hear about leadership change in North Korea, treating Syria's wounded in Lebanon, and singing happy songs in a sad Greek city.
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December 23, 2011-- Dispatches from Eastern Europe,...
This week, we remember both an anti-communist human rights champion and the communist dictator of North Korea. Plus, we hear about the drug trade threatening Costa Rica and a Chinese village's uprising.
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December 16, 2011-- Dispatches from Iraq, Italy, France,...
This week, we hear about the end of the Iraq War, Italy's anti-austerity protests, French feelings on growing German influence, and China's "Wolf Dad."
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December 9, 2011-- Dispatches from Germany, Syria and...
This week, we hear about Angela Merkel and the Euro Crisis, a rebel army's fight inside Syria, and the struggle of simply breathing beneath Beijing's smoggy skies.
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December 2, 2011 — Dispatches from Myanmar, Egypt and...
This week, we hear about possible reform in Myanmar, what's next for the protesters of Tahrir Square, and the NFL's attempt to spread American football to China.
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December 2, 2011 — Dispatches from Myanmar, Egypt and...
This week, we hear about possible reform in Myanmar, what's next for the protesters of Tahrir Square, and the NFL's attempt to spread American football to China.
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November 18, 2011-- Dispatches from Indonesia, Germany,...
This week, we hear about America's new focus on Asia, the United States' stake in the European financial crisis, and the cost of helping the Arab Spring countries.
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November 11, 2011-- Dispatches from China, Saudi Arabia,...
This week, we hear about support for a dissident in China,mixed signals for women in Saudi Arabia,and changes to housing laws in Cuba.
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October 28, 2011-- Dispatches from Libya, Greece, and...
This week, we hear about the liberation of Libya, debates aboutsovereignty in Greece,and how human rights activists are using new methods communicate in China.
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October 21, 2011-- Dispatches from Greece, the West...
This week, we hear about the Greek debt crisis, the prisoner swap in the Middle East, and a former warlord who has become a king maker in the Liberian elections.
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October 14, 2011-- Dispatches from Libya, Egypt, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about more fighting in Libya, how the crisis there is affecting Egypt, Syrian refugees in Turkey, the Eurozone in crisis, and victory for a village in Indonesia, 64 years late.
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October 8, 2011-- Dispatches from Greece, China,...
This week, we hear about the toll of the financial crisis on young people in Greece, attempts to slow down the economy in China, the Euro crisis in Belgium, and an Iranian student who is on trial for espionage.
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September 30, 2011-- Dispatches from Lebanon, Mexico,...
This week, we hear about the long road ahead for Syria,violence in Mexico that's reaching the classroom, and the scent of Lemongrass in Asia.
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September 22, 2011-- Dispatches from Israel, Greece, and...
This week, we hear about the Palestinian bid for statehood, talk about "default" in Greece, and free enterprise in Cuba.
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September 16, 2011 — Dispatches from Libya, France, Cuba...
This week, we hear about loose weapons on the streets of Libya, an explosion at a nuclear waste processing plant in France, the potential consequences of an oil spill from the planned deep water oil rig off the coast of Cuba, and life in Japan six months after the nuclear meltdown.
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September 9, 2011 — Dispatches from Syria, Egypt, Japan...
This week we hear about the state crackdown on opposition activists that left more than a dozen dead in Syria, the difficulty of connecting former Egyptian presidentHosni Mubarak to fatal shootings of protestors, Japan's efforts to decrease reliance on nuclear energy, anda group of American opera singers eyeing jobs in China.
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September 2, 2011 — Dispatches from Libya, Afghanistan...
This week we hear about post-revolution gun control in Libya, the process of teaching Afghanistan's citizens to deal with hidden land mines and the wave of murders in Pakistan's economic core.
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August 26, 2011 — Dispatches from Libya, Syria, France...
This week we hear about the gains and losses Libya's rebels seeking to defeat Moammar Gadhafi's army, the discrepancy in reality between what Syria's government presents and what foreign reporters see, Dominique Strauss-Kahn's troubles in France, and the incredible toll the famine is taking on Somali children who seek assitance in Kenya's refugee camps.
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August 19, 2011 — Dispatches from Syria, France and India
This week, we hear about Obama's call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down from power, the Syrian opposition's capabilities of running the country for themselves, France's obligations to help its neighbors despite its own difficulties, and the changing tradition of chewing paan in India.
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Dispatches from England, Bahrain, and Spain
This week we hear accounts of the rioting in Britain, medical treatment for protestors in Bahrain, and why some Spaniards want to learn German
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August 5, 2011 - Dispatches from Syria, Mexico, and China
This week we hear about protesters in Syria, the growth of duty-free assembly plants in Mexico, and scientific plagiarism in China.
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July 29, 2011 — Dispatches from Norway, Egypt and Somalia
This week we hear about the threat from right wing extremists in Norway, protesters in Cario impatient with the slowed revolution in Egypt and the extent of Somalia's food and water shortages.
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July 22, 2011 — Dispatches from Kenya, Somalia, Mexico...
This week, we hear about the effects of Kenya's crippling drought on millions of refugees, the dangers of providing aid in Somalia, a school teacher from Mexico who was caught at the border wtih a hundred pounds of marijuana, as well as an ancient Chinese tradition that's getting a modern makeover.
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July 15, 2011 — Dispatches from Libya, Syria,...
This week, we hear about the food and water shortages for Libya's civilians as well as soldiers, the effects of months of government crackdowns in Syria, the resurgence of poppy farming in Afghanistan, as well as birthday celebrations in South Sudan.
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July 8, 2011 - Dispatches from Libya, France and South...
This week we hear about captured soldiers from Moammar Gadhafi's army, Dominique Strauss Kahn's legal problems at home in France, and South Sudan's celebrations of their independence.
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July 1, 2011-- Dispatches from Libya, Egypt, Syria, and...
This week, we hear about Christians in Syria,the political landscape in Pakistan,State TV in Egypt, a Chinese restaurant in Libya, and the 90th anniversary of the Communist partyin China.
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June 24, 2011-- Dispatches from the Afghanistan,...
This week: President Obama's announcement about troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, Palestinian factions squabble over leadership issues,post-revolution joblessness in Egypt,andout of control beavers in Argentina.
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June 17, 2011-- Dispatches from Egypt, Turkey, Libya,...
This week, we hear about military tribunals in Egypt, a satellite channel beaming anti-government programming into Syria, how Libyans are dealing with a gasoline shortage, Greek protests against austerity measures, and conservation efforts in South Sudan.
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June 10, 2011-- Dispatches from Bahrain, Afghanistan,...
This week, we hear about the protest movement in Bahrain, possible peace talks in Afghanistan, plans to dam rivers in the Patagonian region of Chile, Japanese residents refusing to evacuate radiation-affected areas, and intense NATO bombing in Libya.
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June 3, 2011-- Dispatches from Syria, Guatemala, and...
This week, we hear about new allegations about the brutality of the government crackdown in Syria, Mexican drug cartels widening their influence in Central America, and how public confidence in the Japanese government is declining.
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May 27, 2011-- Dispatches from Yemen, Spain, Egypt,...
This week, we hear about the political crisis in Yemen, youth protests in Spain, a power struggle in Iran, a new cable channel in Egypt, and a Columbian film about a plane hijacker.
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May 20, 2011-- Dispatches from France, Syria, and...
This week, we hear about the arrest of the now former head of the International Monetary Fund, more reports of blood being shed in Syria where the government continued to crackdown on its opponents, and a story of migrants travelling to war-torn Afghanistan in search of work.
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May 13, 2011-- Dispatches from Lebanon, Pakistan, and...
This week, we hear about the violent repression of protests in Syria, Pakistanis trying to digest the U.S. raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, and Tunisians preparing to exercise the democracy they fought for at the start of the Arab Spring.
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May 6, 2011-- Dispatches from the U.S., Pakistan,...
This week, we hear about the continuing fallout in the U.S., Pakistan, and Afghanistan over the assassination of Osama Bin Laden; the story of a Syrian town that dared to oppose the government, and women in Saudi Arabia working for suffrage.
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April 29, 2001 — Dispatches from Syria, Libya and...
This week, violence continues in Syria; rebels in Libya plan for a post-Ghadhafi nation; and sounds from the Royal Wedding.
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April 21, 2011-- Dispatches from Libya, the...
The week, we hear about three European allies planning to send advisors to help the rebels in the Libya, migrants from North Africa who have sparked a dispute between two of those same allies, and how the people of Mexico mark Holy Week.
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April 15-- Dispatches from Egypt, Libya, the Ivory...
This week, we hear about Islamist groups in Egypt trying to enter politics, the besieged Libyan city of Misrata, a backpacker touring that war-torn country, the condition of the Ivory Coast after months of violence, and the business of piracy in Somalia.
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April 8, 2011?"Dispatches from Libya, Egypt, India, and...
This week, we hear about the possibility of partition in Libya, complaints in Egypt that the revolution hasn't changed the army's behavior much, nuclear worries in India, a harsh crackdown on dissidents in China, and artists making music in the face of extremism in Pakistan.
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April 1, 2010-- Dispatches from Libya and Italy.
This week, we hear about rebels in the east of Libya trying to organize their army, fears that the Libyan conflict could drag into a stalemate, and Italians trying to cope with a new wave of migrants from North Africa.
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March 25, 2011-- Dispatches from Libya, Japan, Iraq, and...
This week, we hear about civilians on the run in Libya, President Obama's so-called foreign policy valkyries, how the Japanese are coping with high levels of radiation and the emotional toll of their disaster trifecta, and post-revolution Egypt taking stock of its antiquities.
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March 18, 2011-- Dispatches from Libya, Japan, and...
This week, we hear about the United Nations resolution authorizing military action to protect civilians in Libya, how the people of Japan are trying to come to terms with the devastating earthquake there, and how Europeans are examining their reliance on nuclear power.
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March 11, 2011-- Dispatches from Libya, Egypt, and the...
This week, we hear about rebels in eastern Libya trying to organize their own government, protesters in Cairo wondering what exactly their revolution achieved, and a posh suburb in London that found itself caught up in a Middle Eastern revolution.
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March 4, 2011 — Dispatches from Libya, Egypt, Somalia,...
This week, we hear about some of the people and events that sparked the revolution in Libya, the struggling tourism industry in Egypt, the 20th year of civil war in Somalia, and the British opera dedicated to Anna Nichole Smith .
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February 25, 2011 — Dispatches from Libya, Tunisia,...
This week: turmoil in Libya; continued labor unrest in Egypt; and a fur-fight in Scotland.
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February 18, 2011-- Dispatches from Manama, Cairo, Dubai...
This week: Uprising in Bahrain; sexual harassment in Egypt ,and China's popular American character actor.
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Feb 11, 2011 — Dispatches from Egypt
This week's news was dominated by events in Egypt — President Hosni Mubarak resigned and we look at the forces that led to the historic moment.
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Feb 04, 2011 — Dispatches from Egypt
This week's news was dominated by events in Egypt; reports from Cairo and Alexandria
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Jan 28, 2011 — Dispatches from Tunisia, Saudi Arabia,...
This week,social upheaval in Tunisia; social networking in Saudi Arabia; power of internet in China; and a new investigation into activities at a British tabloid.
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January 14, 2011 -- Dispatches from Haiti, Sudan,...
On the podcast this week: A grim anniversary for Haiti; southern Sudanese vote for their future; charges of autocracy in Hungary and; suggestions of past civilizations in the Amazon.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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December 31, 2010 -- Dispatches from Afghanistan,...
This week: A visit to the main US military hospital in war-torn Afghanistan; Al Qaida expands its presence in the Sahara; the Princess of Pakistan's Swat Valley; and a North Korean eatery on the shores of the Persian Gulf.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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December 31, 2010 -- Dispatches from Afghanistan,...
This week: A visit to the main US military hospital in war-torn Afghanistan; Al Qaida expands its presence in the Sahara; the Princess of Pakistan's Swat Valley; and a North Korean eatery on the shores of the Persian Gulf.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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January 7, 2011 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Haiti, Russia...
On the podcast this week: the mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian defector; the generation gap in Iraq; a grim anniversary for Haiti; tough times for the elephants of Thailand; and in Russia, a rocker with a mission.
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December 24, 2010 -- Dispatches from Minsk and New Delhi.
This week: Why the New START treaty is just a start; a violent response to democratic ambitions in Belarus; and how basic mobile phones are making huge strides in India.
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December 17, 2010 -- Dispatches from Sudan, Pakistan,...
This week, we remember Richard Holbrooke, hear about Sudan's up-coming referendum, a blasphemy case in Pakistan, Lithium mining in Argentina, and China's growing thirst for wine
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December 10, 2010 -- Dispatches from the State Dept.,...
This week, the White House shifts tactics in Mideast peace talks, why Afghanistan is a 'Graveyard of Empires,' the revival of a Mexican border town and booksellers in Paris try to make a living.
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December 3, 2010 -- Dispatches from the State...
In this week's podcast, the WikiLeaks cables and US foreign policy, the political ambitions of Pakistan's former military dictator, and why Italy's archeological heritage is crumbling away.
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November 25, 2010 -- Dispatches from Seoul; Cairo and...
This week, a new crisis on the Korean peninsula; the big class divide in Egypt; and presidential elections in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
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November 19, 2010 -- Disptaches from Kazakhstan, Cuba,...
This week, we hear about the denuclearization of Kazakhstan, calls for reform in Cuba, a Pakistani-American terror suspect, high-speed trains in China, and a royal wedding announcement in Britain
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November 12, 2010 -- Dispatches from Indonesia, the...
On the podcast this week... President Obama goes to Indonesia; dividing a disputed village in the Middle East; and a female king - in Ghana.
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November 5, 2010 -- Dispatches from London, Rome, Kenya...
On the podcast this week, what to do about Al Qaida in Yemen; victims of sex abuse protest at the Vatican; corruption in Kenya; and what's in a name -- in Iraq.
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October 29, 2010 -- Dispatches from Lebanon, Ghana and...
On the podcast this week, fears of new sectarian violence in Lebanon; sanctions begin to bite in Iran; oil discoveries in Ghana; and peace in a small part of Somalia.
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October 22, 2010 -- Dispatches from Afghanistan, Israel,...
This week, we hear about war and peace (talks) in Afghanistan, the falling fortunes of the political left in Israel, and temporary marriages in Iraq
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October 15, 2010 -- Dispatches from Chile, North Korea...
This week, we hear about the rescue of the miners in Chile, get a rare glimpse of life in North Korea and about a turf war in London's ancient fish market.
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October 8, 2010 -- Disptaches from Iraq, Somalia,...
This week, we hear about a battle gone wrong in Iraq, African forces battling militants in Somalia, an exodus from Ireland, the search for the perfect tamale in Mexico and a Kimchi crisis in Korea
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October 1, 2010-- Dispatches from Germany, Bosnia, and...
This week, we hear about an alleged plot to stage terror attacks in several European countries, how people in Bosnia and Herzogovina are coping with memories of their civil war, the mystery man being groomed to take over North Korea, and the plight of educated but unemployed Arab youth.
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September 24, 2010 -- Dispatches from England, the U.S.,...
This week, we hear about a WWII spy, the latest debate on the Afghan war, a visit to the most dangerous city on earth, and why progress is slow in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti
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September 17, 2010 -- Dispatches from the United...
This week, we hear about the Pope's visit to Britain, young media in the Arab world, and a plan to improve morale in Mexico.
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September 10, 2010 -- Dispatches from Afghanistan,...
This week, the difficulties of campaigning in Afghanistan, and a profile of an American female soldier serving her third tour in that country. Julie McCarthy reports on the aftermath of the floods in Pakistan's Swat Valley, and in Chile, trapped miners prepare for a long haul underground. Finally, Fidel Castro makes a rare public appearance.
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September 03, 2010 -- Dispatches from Washington,...
This week, the Mideast peace talks begin, Pakistan's continuing flood woes, a man who has seen it all in Baghdad, a trip on the Congo river, and life gets harder in British villages.
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August 27, 2010 -- Dispatches from Pakistan,...
This week, we hear about the floods in Pakistan, civilian war deaths in Afghanistan and at the Russian city of St Petersburg
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August 20, 2010 -- Dispatches from Iraq, Pakistan,...
This week, we hear about the withdrawal of the last combat brigade from Iraq, saving a village devastated by floods in Pakistan, Israel's decision to demolish a wall, rethinking the mandatory retirement age for U.S. diplomats, and a potion that's drawing tourists to Peru.
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August 13, 2010 -- Dispatches from Pakistan,...
This week, we hear about the U.S. response to the catastrophic flooding in Pakistan, a key player in Washington's strategy in Afghanistan, the plight of kids orphaned by Al Qaeda attacks in Iraq, Fidel Castro's re-emergence on the political scene in Cuba, and a new use for wine in Italy.
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August 6, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Spain, and...
This week, we hear about the social impact of the drug war in Mexico, the legacy of the civil war in Spain, and an attempt to unify the Islamic call to prayer in Cairo.
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July 30 , 2010 -- Dispatches from Afghanistan, Columbia...
On the podcast this week: the suicide bombers of Afghanistan; rumbles of war in South America; and an in-depth look at corruption in China.
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July 23, 2010 -- Dispatches from Moscow, central China,...
On the podcast this week: New powers for successor to Russia's KGB; the female Imams of China; and dancing your way into marriage -- in Sudan.
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July 16, 2010 -- Dispatches from Pakistan and Amsterdam
On the podcast this week: The mystery of the vanishing Iranian scientist... militancy in the heart of Pakistan... and what's the future for the European Union?
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July 9, 2010 -- Dispatches from Baghdad, Afghanistan,...
On the podcast this week, a perilous pilgrimage in Iraq; assessing the war in a tiny part of Afghanistan; the musings of a Russian oil magnate on trial; and the bomb that WASN'T dropped 41 years ago.
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July 2, 2010 -- Dispatches from Pakistan, Afghanistan,...
This week, we hear about citizens taking the law into their own hands in Pakistan's Swat Valley, what's in store for General David Petraeus as he takes over military operations in Afghanistan, the 50th anniversary of independence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and a sumo wrestling scandal in Japan.
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June 25, 2010 -- Dispatches from The United States,...
This week, we hear about the Pentagon's questionable allies in Afghanistan; Iraq's new army and its dependency on the US; the fate of Saddam Hussein's spy files; and the oil spills of the Amazon.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey, more
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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April 23, 2010 -- Dispatches from the United Kingdom,...
This week, we hear about the volcanic ash that brought chaos to European air travel, China's attempts to modernize its military, and one man's fight to get to the top in The Philippines.
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May 05, 2010 -- Dispatches from Pakistan, France, China...
This week, we travel to the home of the alleged Times Square bomber in Pakistan, hear how pirates are raking in the money in Somalia, an unloved US exhibit at the expo, Greek debt problems, and how France is celebrating impressionism.
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April 30, 2010 -- Dispatches from Afghanistan,...
This week, we hear about the efforts of Afghanistan's president to reconcile with the Taliban, a judge in Venezuela who has gone to jail, an upcoming election in Britain, more reports of child abuse by priests in Europe, and a battle over burqas in France.
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May 14, 2010 -- Dispatches from Afghanistan, Russia,...
This week, we hear from an Afghan warlord, about a reopened factory near Lake Baikal, Russians getting sentimental about Cuba and about a monk who is circling the globe.
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Dispatches from Afghanistan, Mexico, and diplomacy with...
This week, we hear about the complex and often confrontational diplomacy surrounding Iran's nuclear program, a looming fight for control of a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, and growing pot in Mexico.
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May 28, 2010 -- Dispatches from Afghanistan, Sudan and...
This week, we hear about the challenges facing U.S. forces in Afghanistan, about a timeless South Sudan and we hear the story of Iran's Green Revolution in Paris.
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June 11, 2010 -- Dispatches from Israel, Turkey, Iraq,...
This week, we hear about the aftermath of the deadly Israeli commando raid on a ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza; the fire sale of equipment and materials as US troops begin leaving Iraq; and the continuing problems facing the Catholic church.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey, more
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 18, 2010 -- Dispatches from Mexico, Turkey,...
This week, we hear about the intensifying drug war in Mexico; Turkey's efforts to continue dialogue with Iran; a growing humanitarian crisis in Central Asia; and an update on Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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June 11, 2010 -- Dispatches from Israel, Turkey, Iraq,...
This week, we hear about the aftermath of the deadly Israeli commando raid on a ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza; the fire sale of equipment and materials as US troops begin leaving Iraq; and the continuing problems facing the Catholic church.
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