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The National | May 22, 2013
U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper have contrasting styles in acknowledging and managing scandals
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from next month's presidential race is an act of 'oppression'
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford stays silent while his brother Coun. Doug Ford defends him on crack cocaine allegations
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Health Canada will allow men to donate blood if they haven't had sex with a man in the last five years, CBC's Kelly Crowe reports.
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One family picks up the pieces after a deadly tornado destroyed their home
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Nov 24, 2011 | 3:54Dispatches Excerpt from Sunday Morning coverage of Jonestown massacre - Nov.13/11 AudioDispatches Excerpt from Sunday Morning coverage of Jonestown massacre - Nov.13/11 Nov 24, 2011 | 3:54Bronwyn Drainie reports for CBC Radio's Sunday Morning in 1978 on the Jonestown massacre. Cult leader Jim Jones presided over the deaths of more than 900 followers of the People's Temple, based in Jonestown, Guyana. The dead were most killed with cyanide, which some willingly took after poisoning their children with it first.
Nov 24, 2011 | 8:38Dispatches Sarah Grainger revisits Jonestown, Guyana - Nov.24/11 AudioDispatches Sarah Grainger revisits Jonestown, Guyana - Nov.24/11 Nov 24, 2011 | 8:38Reporter Sarah Grainger goes back to Jonestown, Guyana, to the site of the massacre of 900 Americans in 1978, presided over by Jim Jones. Now some want to turn this site into a tourist destination...while others find that idea distasteful.
Jan 19, 2012 | 5:39Dispatches Surfing with crocs. - View from Borneo with Maria Bakkalapulo (Jan. 19, 2012) AudioDispatches Surfing with crocs. - View from Borneo with Maria Bakkalapulo (Jan. 19, 2012) Jan 19, 2012 | 5:39The tidal bore in the Batang Lupar River in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, is one of the largest in the world. Its Spring tides produce waves 2-3 meters high. As Maria Bakkalapulo found out it makes for great surfing, if you don't mind the man-eating crocs.
Mar 8, 2012 | 9:36Dispatches What China reads: Journalist Leslie T. Chang interview - Mar. 8, 2012 AudioDispatches What China reads: Journalist Leslie T. Chang interview - Mar. 8, 2012 Mar 8, 2012 | 9:36An interview with journalist Leslie T. Chang, whose recent New Yorker article explores the popularity of the 'workplace novel' in contemporary China. The genre endorses ambition and aspiration, without much concern for morals and ethics.
Mar 22, 2012 | 11:05Dispatches From Liberia: Female genital mutilation - Mar. 22, 2012 AudioDispatches From Liberia: Female genital mutilation - Mar. 22, 2012 Mar 22, 2012 | 11:05At age thirteen, Ma Sabah was taken into the African bush and circumcised according to the tradition of her people. When you put it that way, it almost sounds noble. But what Ma remembers is four women holding her down while another took a knife and hacked at her genitals. That was over thirty years ago. But for writing her story this month, reporter Mae Azango received death threats and she's now in hiding in Liberia where we've managed to reach her.
Apr 19, 2012 | 4:47Dispatches Lori Chodos in Churubamba, Peru - Apr. 19/2012 AudioDispatches Lori Chodos in Churubamba, Peru - Apr. 19/2012 Apr 19, 2012 | 4:47Lori Chodos is in Peru where she...
Jun 7, 2012 | 52:23Dispatches Dispatches - Jun 7/12 AudioDispatches Dispatches - Jun 7/12 Jun 7, 2012 | 52:23from Italy - Amsterdam - Cairo - Bosnia - San Agustin, Cuba
Jan 11, 2013 | 9:16Day 6 Tim Flannery on Climate Change and Australia's Extreme Heat AudioDay 6 Tim Flannery on Climate Change and Australia's Extreme Heat Jan 11, 2013 | 9:16An inescapable dome of heat hovered over Australia this week, stoking wild bushfires and breaking temperature records. Lynnie Plate, owner of the Pink Roadhouse in Oodnadatta, South Australia shares her story. Environmentalists say the extreme weather should come as a wake-up call to a country that emits more greenhouse gases per capita than any other nation. Tim Flannery, Chief Commissioner of the Australian Climate Commission breaks down the realities and challenges with Brent.
Mar 9, 2013 | 11:28Day 6 Remembering Hugo Chavez AudioDay 6 Remembering Hugo Chavez Mar 9, 2013 | 11:28To truly understand the late Hugo Chavez's legacy, you need to start with his hero Simon Bolivar. Bolivar family descendant Thor Halvorssen talks about Venezuela's founding father and about Chavez's connection to the man who inspired his own Bolivarian Revolution. And New Yorker magazine writer Jon Lee Anderson joins Brent to explore the legacy left by Hugo Chavez.
Mar 9, 2013 | 7:52Day 6 Should the Berlin Wall be preserved? AudioDay 6 Should the Berlin Wall be preserved? Mar 9, 2013 | 7:52East German ex-soldier Thomas Cramer never thought the Berlin Wall would come down during his lifetime. And now, over 20 years after the night it did, a plan is in place to dismantle the longest remaining stretch of the Wall which still stands in Germany. As protesters rally against the plan, author Brian Ladd reflects on Berlin's complicated relationship with its war-time past.
Oct 13, 2011 | 8:14Dispatches Sputtering Bahrain revolution with journalist Mansoor al Jamri AudioDispatches Sputtering Bahrain revolution with journalist Mansoor al Jamri Oct 13, 2011 | 8:14Of all the uprisings of the Arab Spring, few seemed to be contained as quickly as the so-called "Pearl Revolution" in Bahrain. But as Rick found out from Mansoor al Jamri, editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Al Wasat, the protests do in fact continue, despite government crackdowns and troops from neighbouring Saudi Arabia.
Oct 13, 2011 | 16:25Dispatches U.S. failures in Iraq reconstruction with author Peter Van Buren AudioDispatches U.S. failures in Iraq reconstruction with author Peter Van Buren Oct 13, 2011 | 16:25Rick interviews Peter Van Buren about his time working on a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Iraq, and how nothing in his 20 years as a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. State Department prepared him for the bizarre range of misconceived projects his government was funding there. It's all in his new book, 'We Meant Well: How I helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People.'
Oct 13, 2011 | 0:44Audio Fracking (promo) with Dick Downey - October 13, 2011 AudioAudio Fracking (promo) with Dick Downey - October 13, 2011 Oct 13, 2011 | 0:44Next week on Dispatches we go to Otsego County in New York to uncover how fracking -- natural gas extraction using water, sand and chemicals -- is dividing the community. And some people, including fracking supporter Dick Downey -- feel like when it comes to who's fighting the gas companies, there's a class divide in play as well.
Oct 13, 2011 | 2:36Dispatches Author Van Buren reading: Basketball at Forward Operating Base AudioDispatches Author Van Buren reading: Basketball at Forward Operating Base Oct 13, 2011 | 2:36Peter Van Buren reads from his new book about Iraq reconstruction, 'We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People.' In this excerpt, he reflects on watching a basketball game at his Forward Operating Base.
Oct 13, 2011 | 1:29Dispatches Author Van Buren reading: Humanitarian assistance drops AudioDispatches Author Van Buren reading: Humanitarian assistance drops Oct 13, 2011 | 1:29Peter Van Buren reads from his new book about Iraq reconstruction, 'We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People.' In this excerpt, he talks about the military's fondness for "Humanitarian Assistance" drops: huge donations of food and goods to people who may or may not need them.