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Voters in Sudan went to the polls this week for the first time in 24-years. But officials say there have been some “technical problems.” We’ll fi...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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Voters in Sudan went to the polls this week for the first time in 24-years. But officials say there have been some “technical problems.” We’ll fi...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 51:26
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Violence against women is commonplace in Afghanistan. It takes all forms: domestic abuse, forced marriage, rape, even honor killings. This week, ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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Expectant mothers have a one in 12 chance of dying in childbirth in Liberia. One way to improve those odds is with a midwife. But Liberia has a s...

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  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Social Strategies and the Enterprise: A CMO’s Perspective

  • Added: Apr 02, 2010
  • Length: 30:07
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April marks the 16th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. Folks there don’t talk about it much and it’s not taught in the schools. This week ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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The government of Zimbabwe this week relaxed a decade long stranglehold on the media. Previously, reporters were barred from the country, newspape...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Congress may have passed a health care reform bill, but things aren’t likely to change much for street musicians in New Orleans who struggle to mak...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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It's the elderly who are hurting the most in Haiti. January's earthquake left an estimated 84-thousand of them without housing or health care. They...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25

  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 31:38
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The earthquake that ripped through Haiti has been a learning experience for students at the country’s only film school. Instead of shooting fictio...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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The earthquake that ripped through Haiti has been a learning experience for students at the country’s only film school. Instead of shooting fictio...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
Caption: An Afghan girl carries water to her Kabul home., Credit: Associated Press.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
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Some analysts still estimate unemployment in the U.S. could be as high as ten-percent or more by the end of the year. But ten-percent is nothing c...

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Okay, you’re on the road in Pakistan and your car breaks down. You pull into the nearest auto garage and an eight-year old kid comes out to look u...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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Social Networking and Careers – Build Expertise First, Career Advancement and Job Offers Will Follow

  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 33:08
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The U.S. promises to ship relief supplies and equipment to Chile where an earthquake has claimed more than 800 lives and displaced two million othe...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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The U.S. promises to ship relief supplies and equipment to Chile where an earthquake has claimed more than 800 lives and displaced two million othe...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Social Networking and the Middle Class Musician

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 33:42
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With up to 50% of the buildings in Port-au-Prince demolished, officials in Haiti have a cleanup problem. They’re now hauling tons of debris to a s...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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With 40% to 50% of the buildings in Port-au-Prince demolished, officials in Haiti have a cleanup problem. They’re now hauling tons of debris to a ...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Beyond Haiti – How Non-Profits are Using Social Networks to Further Their Mission Every Day

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 33:30
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The agricultural area in Southern Miami-Dade County has been declared a federal disaster area following January's freeze: but from farmers to the g...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2010
  • Length: 03:10
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Thousands of homeless children in Los Angeles often slip through the cracks as their families move from home, to street, to shelter. Keeping homel...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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Spoofs have never been more popular. What makes parodies work and not work online? On this edition of the TippingPoint, we take a closer look.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 30:37