August 2008
Pt 1: Arif Lalani - Even by Afghanistan's increasingly diminished standards, this has been a difficult month. Taliban attacks on coalition forces have been frequent...
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Pt 1: Private Secuirty Firms in Afghanistan -Earlier this month, Master Corporal Josh Roberts was shot to death while he was manning the turret in...
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Pt 1: Democratic Convention - And with that speech behind him, Barack Obama is now just one Clinton away from finally taking centre stage. Last...
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Pt 1: Maple Leaf Recal - The tainted meat outbreak in Ontario has now claimed twelve lives. Yesterday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency concluded that...
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Pt 1: Rootlesness and American Politics - This week Michelle Obama stood in front of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado and tried to...
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Pt 1: Age and Doping Scandal - Ever since the Beijing Olympics began, there have been rumours about the true age of one of China's...
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Pt 1: Walker Hax into Chinese Documents -Ever since the Beijing Olympics began, there have been rumours about the true age of one of China's...
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Pt 1: Afghan Aid Workers - Working in Afghanistan has always had its share of risks. But this past week has proven especially lethal. Last...
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Pt 1: Federal By-Elections - The temperature is dropping. The days are getting shorter. And back-to-school ads are haunting children everywhere. All sure signs that...
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Pt 1: Underground Churches - As Olympic visitors arrive in Beijing, they are swamped with glossy pamphlets extolling the virtues of the city. One of...
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Pt 1: Oil and Georgia - Despite repeated calls for a ceasefire, the six-day-old conflict between Georgia and Russia seemed to grow deeper this week....
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Pt 1: Olympic Digital Games - And a handful of especially dedicated gamers have an ambitious plan for where they'll go next. They want to...
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Pt 1: Chinese Dissident - Back in May of 1989, Bao Tong was in a tough spot. He was one of the Chinese Communist Party's...
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Pt 1: Conflict in Georgia - In an act of aggression not seen since Russia's war with Afghanistan in 1979, Russia has taken control of...
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Pt 1: China's Culture of Humiliation - Just in time for the Olympics in China, the world's largest airport is complete. Brand-new skyscrapers dot the...
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Pt 1: Women's Health Care in Newfoundland - When the only three gynecological oncologists working in Newfoundland and Labrador all tendered their resignations last week,...
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Pt 1: Transforming Bejing - For months now, ads like that one have blanketed Chinese television .. . part of the government's effort to make...
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Pt 1: Olympic Drug Screening - While Beijing's Olympics don't officialy begin until after this Friday's opening ceremonies, the starting gun in the Olympic anti-doping...
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Pt 1: Foot Traffic - Even if the price of gas is in the stratosphere, the car is still king in North American cities. The...
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Pt 1: AIDS Conferance - Close to twenty-five thousand people will converge in Mexico City this weekend for the Seventeenth International AIDS Conference, which kicks...
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