Crossing Continents
Series focussing on foreign affairs issues
Crossing Continents - 01/04/2010
Linda Pressly reports on Mongolia's coldest winter in a decade, with temperatures reaching 50 degrees celsius below zero, and livestock dying in millions.
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Crossing Continents - 08/04/2010
Latin America has seen the largest mass conversion in history: the explosive growth of Pentecostalism. Steve O'Hagan asks why so many are reaching out to this new religion.
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Crossing Continents - 09/04/2007
Julian Pettifer reports from British Columbia, which has just announced the toughest measures in North America to combat global warming.
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Crossing Continents - 12/04/2007
The story of a 16-year-old Moldovan girl who was abandoned by her mother, who she was smuggled out of the country six years ago.
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Crossing Continents - 15/03/2007
Jon Leyne investigates how Jordan is coping with the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees flooding over the border. Do they represent an asset or a destabilising influence?
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Crossing Continents - 22/03/2007
Iceland's government wants to profit from the export of clean and renewable energy. Richard Hollingham reports on a project to build a huge dam and the arguments surrounding it.
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Crossing Continents - 24 Hours in Tulsa
Hugh Levinson hears the best of Officer Jay Chiarito-Mazarrella's Street Stories, giving a fresh, funny and sometimes scary insight into policing in the Midwest.
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Crossing Continents - 29/03/2007
Lucy Ash reports on the threat to France's prosperity posed by high unemployment among the country's young. Without drastic measures, the country faces years of economic decline.
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Crossing Continents - A Journey Without Maps
Humphrey Hawksley retraces the extraordinary journey undertaken on foot by the novelist Graham Greene from Sierra Leone across Liberia in 1935.
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Crossing Continents - A Small Town in Mississippi
Tom Mangold investigates the sixth trial of a black man over the murder of four people in Winona, Mississippi, in 1995.
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Crossing Continents - Afghanistan
Lyse Doucet investigates if the US army can embrace its radical new counter-insurgency strategy in Afghanistan and if it will be successful.
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Crossing Continents - Afghanistan's Mobile Phones
Lyse Doucet reports on the influence of the mobile phone in Afghanistan, where the device is dramatically changing popular culture.
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Crossing Continents - Angola
Lucy Ash reports from Angola, which recently became China's largest supplier of oil and biggest African trading partner. But not everyone is happy about the business relationship.
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Crossing Continents - Australia's Northern Territory
Lorena Allam investigates the Australian government's intervention in the remote Aboriginal areas after claims of rampant alcoholism and child abuse.
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Crossing Continents - Belarus Youth
Lucy Ash travels to Belarus ahead of parliamentary elections in autumn 2008 to ask the post-Soviet generation where they think their future lies.
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Crossing Continents - Bihar
David Goldblatt reports from a small town in the Indian state of Bihar that has turned into something of an academic hothouse.
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Crossing Continents - Cambodia: Country for Sale
Formerly war-torn Cambodia is now awash with global investors snapping up cheap land - with 15 per cent of the country now in private hands. But will the rural poor pay the price?
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Crossing Continents - Can an economist save Peru?
Linda Pressly journeys from Lima to the Peruvian Amazon to ask if a controversial economic theory can improve the lives of slum-dwellers and indigenous Amazonian Indians alike.
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Crossing Continents - Chechnya
Lucy Ash investigates the treatment of women in Chechnya, after a series of murders and disappearances and in the light of the killing of human rights worker Natalya Estemirova.
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Crossing Continents - China's Children
China's Children: Marijke van der Meer of Radio Netherlands Worldwide talks to young Chinese about being members of the first generation to be born under China's one child policy.
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Crossing Continents - Confessions of an LA Gangster
Michael Montgomery explores some extraordinary recordings made by Rene Enriquez. A former leader in one of America's most violent gangs, Enriquez has become a police informant.
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Crossing Continents - Conversion Wars
In the Arab world, converting from Islam to Christianity is one of the biggest taboos. Omar Abdel-Razak explores the hidden world of converts, from Egypt and Morocco to the USA.
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Crossing Continents - Croatia
Matt Prodger examines the effects of organised crime and corruption in Croatia, as the country stands on the brink of EU membership.
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Linda Pressly reports from the state of Gujarat in India, where the son of a Maharajah is breaking new ground by working with gay men to protect them from the HIV/Aids virus.
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Crossing Continents - Crossing Europe: Pills for Profit
Crossing Europe: Pills for Profit. Melanie Abbott explores the European drug industry, a business worth billions of pounds but increasingly targeted by counterfeiters.
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Crossing Continents - Crossing Europe: Saving the Med
Crossing Europe: Julian Pettifer explores the Mediterranean tourist industry, from the concrete shores of the Costa Brava to Montenegro, the newly fashionable jewel of the Adriatic.
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Crossing Continents - Cuba
Linda Pressly investigates the housing crisis in Cuba and finds out about the unique ways that Cubans have been finding to get around regulations to secure a new home.
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Crossing Continents - Czech Republic
Across Europe, Roma children are often educated in special schools for children with mental disabilities. Ray Furlong reports on a landmark court case.
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Crossing Continents - Delhi
Rupa Jha investigates who wins and loses in the massive rebuilding programme as Delhi prepares for the Commonwealth Games.
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Crossing Continents - Egypt
Egypt: A UN report in 2005 declared that the gender equality issue threatened the creation of viable civil societies in the Arab world. Bill Law asks what progress has been made.
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Crossing Continents - Egypt
Magdi Abdelhadi explores what kind of society Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who has no obvious successor in place, will leave behind when he dies.
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Crossing Continents - Ethiopia - Troubles Downstream
Peter Greste visits Northern Kenya where the lives of nearly half a million tribespeople are being threatened by a massive hydro-electricity project.
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Crossing Continents - Fighting Climate Change In British Columbia
Julian Pettifer reports from British Columbia, which has just announced the toughest measures in North America to combat global warming.
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Crossing Continents - French Housing Protesters
Jonny Diamond meets the new generation of French protesters who have been spurred into action by the housing crisis in their country.
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Crossing Continents - Gangland in Paradise
Bill Law tells the story of the young gangsters in Vancouver who are exploiting legal loopholes to build a multi-billion dollar illicit drugs industry.
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Crossing Continents - Georgian fir cones
The Christmas tree trade is worth a billion pounds. Angus Crawford travels to Georgia to find the poverty at its heart.
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Crossing Continents - Greece and Ireland
Greece and Ireland were stars of the European dream; now their economies face ruin. The only way out seems to be the road of austerity. Chris Bowlby asks if the dream is over.
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Crossing Continents - Guatemala and Canada Gold Rush
Bill Law reports on a controversial mining project by Vancouver-based Goldcorp in Guatemala and its effect, beneficial or otherwise, on the local community.
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Crossing Continents - Guns in the USA
Guns in the USA: The Virginia Tech massacre in April rekindled the debate in America about guns. But Kati Whitaker examines the American commitment to the firearm.
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Crossing Continents - Haiti
The Caribbean state is one of the poorest countries in the world. Orin Gordon looks at the continuing struggle for Haitians to feed themselves as global food prices soar.
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Crossing Continents - Haiti
Billions of dollars were pledged to help Haiti. Mark Doyle asks what has been happening on the ground. Who is making the decisions and will the aid really transform the country?
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Crossing Continents - Hard Times in Middletown, USA
Stephen Smith finds out how the city of Muncie in Indiana reflects the impact of the economic crisis on the American middle class.
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Crossing Continents - Iceland
Paul Henley investigates the human impact of the economic crisis in Iceland. He hears from Icelanders who have lost their jobs and life savings and asks what is next for them.
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Crossing Continents - Illegal Logging in the Siberian Taiga
Illegal Logging in the Siberian Taiga: Lucy Ash visits an area in Siberia where the vast forests are being cut down, frequently illegally, to meet China's surging demand for wood.
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Crossing Continents - In the Shadow of the Cartel
Emilio San Pedro visits Tijuana to find a community under the influence of one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels, which shapes the lives of local people.
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Crossing Continents - India - The Real Slumdog Story
Mukul Devichand reports from Mumbai on a controversial scheme that may be able to provide the answer to the developing world's slum problem.
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Crossing Continents - India's Red Belt
Alpa Shah gains rare access to an Indian community controlled by the Maoist movement. People in these remote villages, including farmers and child soldiers, tell her their stories.
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Crossing Continents - Iran: The Story of Leila
Julia Rooke tells the story of Leila, an Iranian girl sold into prostitution at the age of nine and sentenced to death at 18. Her life was saved by human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr.
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Crossing Continents - Islam and Canada
Bill Law investigates the extent of Islamist extremism in Canada, after the foiling of a plot by a gang of young Canadian Islamists to blow up parliament.
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Crossing Continents - Israel Football
David Goldblatt reports from Jerusalem, where the fortunes of local football club Beitar Jerusalem have changed following a takeover by Russian billionaire Arkadi Gaydamak.
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Crossing Continents - Israel's Goodness Gracious Me
Mukul Devichand meets the creators and cast of Arab Labour, a prime-time Israeli TV comedy that sees the humorous side of Arab lives in the Jewish state.
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Crossing Continents - Korean Missionaries
Korean Missionaries: Ulli Schauen visits Korea to find out why Koreans are such fervent evangelists. 16,000 work abroad as Christian missionaries, a total surpassed only by the US.
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Crossing Continents - Kosovo
Michael Montgomery reports on alleged atrocities in Kosovo which have remained hidden and reveals evidence of another side to the conflict which the world was not meant to see.
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Crossing Continents - Kurdistan
Kate Clark goes behind the image of a prosperous, democratic Kurdistan and finds corruption, nepotism and rampant inflation.
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Crossing Continents - Las Vegas
Las Vegas: Nevada is the only state in the US which permits prostitution. But in the largest city, Las Vegas, it is illegal. Rosie Goldsmith hears the arguments.
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Crossing Continents - Liberia: Children for Sale
Nadene Ghouri goes undercover to expose the trade in children by some charities registered in the United States and operating as businesses in Liberia.
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Crossing Continents - Lithuania: The Battle for Memory
Tim Whewell examines why competing memories of the war are being used as political ammunition in Lithuania and other East European countries.
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Crossing Continents - Lost Boy of Sudan Returns
Lost Boy of Sudan Returns: Jane Little presents the story of John Majok, a Sudanese refugee who resettled in America but returned to Africa to marry a girl from his own Dinka tribe.
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Crossing Continents - Luol Deng revisits South Sudan
Tim Franks joins basketball star Luol Deng as he returns to the Sudanese town where he was born. What are the prospects for peace ahead of the expected partition of the country?
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Crossing Continents - Madagascar
Since the 2009 coup in Madagascar, the international community has withdrawn aid and restricted trade. Linda Pressly visits to discover the fallout from the political crisis.
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Crossing Continents - Made in Italy?
Rosie Goldsmith reports from Milan and Prato, the centre of Italy's textile industry which is now perceived to be under siege due to imported goods and labour from the East.
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Crossing Continents - Malaysia: Racial Supremacy No More?
Mukul Devichand reports on tensions between ethnic Malays - who have benefited from positive discrimination in recent decades - and Malaysians of ethnic Chinese and Indian origin.
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Crossing Continents - Manipur's Bloody Conflict
Crossing Continents: Tanya Datta visits Manipur, a small state in the north east of India in which over 20 rebel groups have taken up arms against the government.
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Crossing Continents - Mauritania's Battle Over Beauty
Pascale Harter reports from Mauritania, where being fat is regarded as a mark of wealth and distinction. But the country is now suffering from many obesity-related health problems.
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Crossing Continents - Medjugorje
Allan Little investigates the political sensitivities around Medjugorje, a Bosnian town which has become a huge Catholic pilgrimage site following visions of the Virgin Mary.
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Crossing Continents - Nablus
On his first assignment back in the Middle East since he was kidnapped in Gaza, Alan Johnston travels back to the town of Nablus to find out how life has changed there.
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Crossing Continents - Native Americans In The US Military
Robert Hodierne reports on the high proportion of Native Americans joining the US military and their relatively high susceptibility to post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Crossing Continents - New Orleans' Musical Rebirth
US presenters Stephen Smith and Nick Spitzer offer a cultural tour of New Orleans. Two years after Hurricane Katrina, could this be the best way to drive the city's recovery?
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Crossing Continents - Nichi Vendola
Rosie Goldsmith profiles Nichi Vendola, the governor of Puglia and the hope for the Italian left. Can this gay, Catholic poet and environmentalist challenge Silvio Berlusconi?
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Crossing Continents - Northern Uganda
Callum Macrae reports from a region devastated by civil war. Now, after more than 20 years, a delicate peace reigns, but could this be under threat?
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Crossing Continents - Operation Virginity
Najlaa Abou Merhi investigates the taboos surrounding virginity across the Arab world, and meets the women undergoing reconstructive surgery to 'regain' their virginity.
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Crossing Continents - Pakistan
Bill Law investigates if Pakistani youngsters are in danger of joining the ranks of the Taliban or if they are fighting back against the extremists.
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Crossing Continents - Pakistan Drugs
Julia Rooke accompanies former heroin dealer, Urfan Azad, on a journey back to the remote mountain madrassa in Pakistan where he received drugs rehabilitation.
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Crossing Continents - Pakistan's Education War
Bill Law tells the story behind the recent Red Mosque siege and the ongoing battle over the future of Pakistan's schools.
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Crossing Continents - Palliative Care in India
Linda Pressly travels to Kerala, which has more palliative care centres than the rest of India put together to see what the world can learn from their unique medical model.
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Crossing Continents - Puerto Rico
Maria Hinojosa hears from young Puerto Ricans and asks if the economic crisis will change their island's uneasy relationship with the US.
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Crossing Continents - Rio Law
In Rio de Janeiro, gangs run the prisons and militias control many shanty towns, killing with impunity. Lucy Ash asks if the authorities can end the rule of gangs, guns and greed.
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Crossing Continents - Road Kill
Sheena McDonald visits some of the world's most dangerous roads in Kenya and Costa Rica to find out why the death toll in developing countries is rising.
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Crossing Continents - Romania
Oana Lungescu investigates Romania's healthcare system, which is teetering on the verge of collapse. He tries to discover how an EU member country has got into such a mess.
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Crossing Continents - Senegal
David Goldblatt examines the growth of Senegalese wrestling, from traditional rural ritual to commercial urban spectacular.
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Crossing Continents - Somalia
Melvyn Bragg and guests Murray Pittock and Rosemary Sweet discuss a revolution in land holding that dispossessed many and enriched few, but made the Industrial Revolution possible.
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Crossing Continents - South Africa's Promised Land
South Africa's Promised Land: Rosie Goldsmith investigates the South African government's controversial attempts to speed up the process of land reform.
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Crossing Continents - South Korean Gamers
Julian Pettifer reports on the extraordinary popularity of online games in South Korea and the social problems they can cause.
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Crossing Continents - Southern Sudan
Four years after a peace deal was agreed, Grant Ferrett travels to Southern Sudan to investigate claims that Africa's biggest nation is sliding back to civil war.
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Crossing Continents - Spain
Steve Kingstone examines the growing antagonism between Spain's Socialist government and the Roman Catholic Church, who have clashed over changes to religious education in schools.
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Crossing Continents - Spain's Forgotten Thalidomiders
Geoff Adams-Spink visits Spain to talk to Thalidomide survivors fighting for compensation. He meets a man who has conducted a campaign for recognition for more than 20 years.
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Crossing Continents - Sri Lanka
Roland Buerk investigates the lengths to which the Sri Lankan army and its proxies have gone to ensure victory in their war against the Tamil Tigers.
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Crossing Continents - Sri Lanka's Fragile Peace
The BBC's Colombo correspondent Charles Haviland travels around Sri Lanka. The island's conflict may be over, but can the government and army that won the war now win the peace?
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Crossing Continents - Struggle for Survival in Tanzania
Tanzania is a poor country, but rich in wildlife. Kerri Miller of American Public Media meets a man who has tried to ease the conflict between poverty and conservation.
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Crossing Continents - Sweden
Writer Andrew Brown tries to find out if the rural heart of Sweden still lives on in the modern age.
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Crossing Continents - Syrian corruption
From a small tip for a government worker to huge bribes to seal a business deal, Lina Sinjab investigates the impact of corruption in Syria.
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Crossing Continents - Taking on the Traffickers
Taking on the Traffickers: Linda Pressly visits El Salvador and Nicaragua to report on local efforts to protect girls and women from the trade in sexual exploitation.
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Crossing Continents - Thailand
Lucy Ash travels to the heartland of Thailand's Red Shirt protesters to discover who they are and why poor villagers and rice farmers are demanding to be heard.
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Crossing Continents - The Children of Dushanbe
Angus Crawford reports on efforts to rescue vulnerable girls in Tajikistan who were locked up rather than helped.
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Crossing Continents - The Church in China
Christopher Landau explores the explosive growth of Christianity in China, with millions flocking to the official Protestant and Catholic churches.
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Crossing Continents - The Congo Connection
Peter Greste investigates whether Rwandans in France and Germany are controlling a deadly African militia.
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Crossing Continents - The Far Right In Germany
Rosie Goldsmith reports on the rise of the far right in eastern Germany, where the National Democratic Party is winning seats on local councils and in state parliaments.
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Crossing Continents - The Gay Prince of Rajpipla
Linda Pressly reports from the state of Gujarat in India, where the son of a Maharajah is working with gay men to protect them from the HIV/Aids virus.
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Crossing Continents - The Iraqi Backstreet Boys
Caroline Hawley meets the Iraqi boyband Unknown to No-one who, after years of separation and uncertainty following the war in Iraq, have reformed in Beirut.
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Crossing Continents - The Kingdom of Kids
Bill Law reports from Swaziland, where impoverished children, with the help of surviving adults and local NGOs, are learning how to read and write in informal schools.
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Crossing Continents - The Pakistani Taliban
After the Pakistani army's defeat of the Taliban in tribal areas, Owen Bennett-Jones asks if it is gaining new strength in heartlands like the Punjab.
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Crossing Continents - The Primorsky Partisans
Lucy Ash asks why a group of young men near Vladivostok started killing policemen, and why so many ordinary Russians supported them.
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Crossing Continents - The Two Faces of Bahrain
Bahrain projects itself as an Arab state that is open, progressive and moving toward democracy. But Bill Law finds another Bahrain where dissent is suppressed and critics jailed.
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Crossing Continents - Turkey
Tim Whewell travels to Kayseri to discover who's behind the ruling AK Party, and where it's leading Turkey.
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Crossing Continents - Uganda: Battling the Witch-Doctors
Tim Whewell investigates the causes of a horrific spate of child sacrifices in Uganda and follows a former witch doctor who is now committed to stamping out the practice.
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Crossing Continents - Unrest in Paradise
Bill Law investigates the causes of social and religious tension in Bahrain, particularly allegations that the ruling Sunni elite is ruthlessly exploiting a Shia majority.
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Crossing Continents - Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan: Natalia Antelava asks whether the radical Ilkhom Theatre founded by Mark Weil can survive without its director after Weil was stabbed to death in the street last year.
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Crossing Continents - VenIran
Linda Pressly investigates the burgeoning relationship between Venezuela and Iran, which has caused a good deal of international disquiet.
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Crossing Continents - Zimbabwe
Julian Pettifer explores everyday life in Zimbabwe today. How are people coping with hyperinflation and food shortages in a land formerly known as the bread basket of Africa?
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