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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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Argentina’s flailing economy is not its only worry; the ghosts of Videla's old regime are now coming back to haunt it, threatening to cause severe social unrest. The children of the 'disappeared' are angry and want to take revenge.
In Nouadhibou, Mauritania’s main fishing port, a group of angry fisherman are protesting. Last night, one of the local fishing boats, a pirogue, disappeared; one of the men is still missing.
Two weeks since the terrorist attacks, the search continues for the 5000 still missing. And while that search drags on through the rubble, millions of New Yorkers have to try to reclaim some sense of normality in their lives.
Strongmen like Slobodan Milosevic and Augusto Pinochet are now being called to account internationally for their alleged crimes. But in the roll call of former leaders being called before the courts for crimes against humanity, the name Rios Montt is missing.
Syria’s new young ruler Bashar al Assad has plans for getting Syria into the global economy - but Syrians fear they may become a target in the US-led war on terrorism.
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.
A look at the power crisis that hit Vladivostok in winter 2001.
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