Past Episodes: February 2012 Archives
Wednesday February 29, 2012
March 1 & 4, 2012 - from Moscow - Jacmel, Haiti - Sanaa, Yemen - Dharamsala, India - Pakistan
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Jean Rody Joseph gets painted with acrylic house paint before going out for carnival in Jacmel, Haiti. The lanse kòd, or the rope-throwers, are the biggest, baddest, and the most menacing on the streets during Carnival. (Photo: Ben Depp) |
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Wednesday February 22, 2012
February 23 & 26: from Sierra Leone - Senegal - Dharamshala, India - Chicago
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"Y'en a marre" means "fed up". Students at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar say "we want to study." Photo/Amanda Fortier |
From the streets of Senegal, the rise of the "Fed Up" movement. Political unrest flares in another African state.
The story of the solar suitcase. A doctor with an idea that's bringing light and saving lives in the developing world.
And, a special feature interview with the first American ambassador for war crimes. We hear about the timidity of nations and the torment of a man who seeks justice for the victims of genocide.
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Rick's essay on war reporting and the death of Marie Colvin
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Thursday February 16, 2012
February 16 & 19: from Santa Ana, California - South Sudan - Beijing - Berlin
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Judge Wendy Lindley (left) presides over the Orange County Combat Veterans Court, an alternative to conventional justice for war veterans (photo/California Courts) |
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Wednesday February 8, 2012
February 9 & 12: from Cairo - Kazakhstan - Turkey - India - New York
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CBC Correspondent Derek Stoffel talks with a group of Syrian refugees living at a camp at the Turkey/Syria border. (Photo: CBC) |
Egyptians may be divided over military rule but the army's not going anywhere soon. We'll hear why its influence is too deep to deny.
In Kazahkstan, nobody grows very old in the villages near a former nuclear test site now being considered for commercial farming.
CBC News enters the Syrian refugee camps in Turkey, where exiles exist on a diet of defiance and division.
In India, cheap handmade cigarettes may have health risks but they're going global anyway.
And, the life of Brian: how a guy from Brooklyn found his muse in the music of Africa.
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Thursday February 2, 2012
February 2 & 5: from Sri Lanka - Palau - Ethiopia - Bahrain - Pakistan - Colombia
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Tombs in Puerto Berrio, Colombia hold the remains of unidentified people adopted by local townspeople. Photo/Nadja Drost |
The stateless of the South Pacific. Why six inmates freed from Guantanamo are now marooned halfway round the world.
Jazz night in Addis Ababa. Ethiopia is comfortable with some western influences but dissent isn't one of them.
How Sri Lanka's headlong rush to development is pitting resorts against its people.
Making a deal with the nameless dead. Why Colombians adopt the victims of violence floating down its largest river.
And, the Pakistani journalist who revealed corruption in his craft only to become a victim of his own success.
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