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Muzzling Journalists
Journalist Roxana Saberi was released from an Iranian prison a couple of weeks ago. Her case highlights the dangers journalists face in many parts of the world: censorship, beatings, imprisonment, even death. The Committee to Protect Journalists estimates that some 125 journalists are in jail around the world at any given time. Most of them are local reporters without the clout to secure a quick release. Leda Hartman spoke with Robert Mahoney, deputy director of the Committee to Protect...
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Niger Delta Chief
Violence recently flared again in Nigeria's troubled Niger Delta region, the center of Africa's largest oil industry. Militants have threatened to blockade key waterways there to prevent the export of crude oil. They say they're fighting for a fair share of the profits from oil. Each year the Nigerian government earns billions of dollars from oil exports. In spite of this, people who live on Nigeria's oil reserves live in abject poverty. Oil was first discovered here more than 50 years ago...
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Domestic Worker Abuse
There are about 50,000 foreign domestic workers in Beirut, Lebanon. Most come from Ethiopia, in search of a better life and a well-paying job. But some of these women end up in a nightmare of abuse. Will Everett has this report.
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India: Building a Better Rickshaw?
Many people in the central Indian state of Bihar rely on an old, slow and cheap form of transportation to get around: the bicycle rickshaw. Now, a businessman there has an idea that could turn those three-wheelers into a money-making industry. But will the drivers themselves benefit? We sent reporter Peter Aronson to Patna to find out more.
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Genda Pool
The songGenda Poolis from a very popular Bollywood movie calledDelhi Six.It's sung by the cast of the film and was composed by A. R. Rahman, who wrote the music forSlumdog Millionaire.
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Child Bride Rebellion
There's a new national hero in India: a 12-year-old girl named Rehka. She lives in a small mud hut in a village a day's journey from Calcutta. The region has one of the highest rates of illiteracy in India, and girls are often married young. At age 12, Rehka's parents told her she had to get married. She said no. Word of her refusal made headlines around the country, and since then, parents in surrounding villages have not forced their young daughters to marry. Ben Arnoldy reported this...
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