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As the world marks twenty years since 9/11 this investigation, we follow the life of Mohamed Atta, the 33-year old suspected ringleader of 19 suicide hijackers whose last act took thousands of innocent lives, and tipped the world into a frightening confrontation between Islam and the West. We seek out from those who knew him best what lay behind his deliberate decision to embark on a mission to d…

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Beyond the Boiler Room

World | 2001

Those arrested had allegedly been part of an illegal brokering operation in which they 'cold called' potential investors with lures of fast money from glamour stocks. It was a classic example of what's known as a 'boiler room'. We piece together the Bangkok episode and follow the money trail to discover how the global economy can produce fraud on a worldwide scale.

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Bangladesh - The Ongoing Story

World | 2001

In the last programme of this series, Life revisits stories from some earlier episodes - such as health, nutrition, community involvement, education, employment - and explores practical solutions as well as visions of the future.

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Pavements of Gold

World | 2001

Urban poverty has been described as one of the biggest challenges facing the world in the 21st century. The figures are stark: in 1950, the number of people living in urban areas amounted to 300 million. At the start of the new century, that figure had multiplied almost ten-fold, to 2.85 billion - or almost half the world's total population. And the flow of rural migrants arriving in the world's …

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Missing Out

World | 2001

Landlocked Niger on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert is one of the poorest countries in the world, and less than a third of its population have access to any health care. Malnutrition remains the main cause of maternal and infant mortality: there's a hidden hunger among almost all the women and young children, caused by iron-deficiency anaemia. It's an unseen problem, that slowly steals awa…

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Computer Virus

World | 2001

At look at the early rise of computer viruses, the damaged they caused and they ways in which they were combated.

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Human Wrongs Commission

World | 2001

ABC Australia considers whether the most powerful global advocate for human rights – the U.N. - has been hijacked and silenced by those who should be its targets.

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Shackled Women

World | 2001

A look a the plight of women all around the world. Due to tradition, religion or just plain old prejudice, too many women are treated like second class citizens.

Mission to Die For

World | 2001

Beyond the Boiler Room

World | 2001

Bangladesh - The Ongoing Story

World | 2001

Pavements of Gold

World | 2001

Missing Out

World | 2001

Computer Virus

World | 2001

Human Wrongs Commission

World | 2001

Shackled Women

World | 2001