http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/ Latest news and stories from FRONTLINE/World Copyright 2008 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:12:29 -0400 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.15 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss It was a pleasure to learn this week that three FRONTLINE/World stories have been nominated for News & Documentary Emmy Awards. And it was particularly gratifying for those of us who work primarily on this website http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/07/news_and_nomina.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/07/news_and_nomina.html Editors' Notes Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:12:29 -0400 Since the latest round of election-related violence, our reporter in Zimbabwe has gone into hiding in the capital of Harare. From her safe house, she spoke with iWitness correspondent Joe Rubin and described the frightening conditions in the city over the last few days. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/06/since_the_lates.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/06/since_the_lates.html Dispatches Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:21:09 -0400 Traveling into Zimbabwe's rural heartland, our correspondent reports firsthand on the effects of Mugabe's violent fear campaign against opposition voters. "They call it Operation Mavhotera Papi. Simply translated, "Operation Where Did You Put Your X?" http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/06/mugabes_do_or_d.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/06/mugabes_do_or_d.html Dispatches Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:50:42 -0400 "My country is on life support," writes a Zimbabwean reporter in a vivid account on how impossible life has become in Zimbabwe. This is the first in a series of iWitness reports on the crisis there. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/06/zimbabwe_shoppi.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/06/zimbabwe_shoppi.html Dispatches Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:54:15 -0400 The next FRONTLINE/World, airing May 27, is a joint investigation with The New York Times into the growing business of human smuggling at the U.S.-Mexico border. Andrew Becker reports on the latest in a string of arrests of U.S. border patrol officers suspected of helping to smuggle illegal aliens and drugs through border checkpoints. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/05/usmexico_border.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/05/usmexico_border.html Dispatches Sat, 17 May 2008 20:37:02 -0400 Burma's military regime now admits that 78,000 people have died from the cyclone, while the U.N. and Red Cross put the death toll at 120,000 or more. Our reporter in Burma says this could be the beginning of the end for the junta http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/05/burmas_cyclone.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/05/burmas_cyclone.html Dispatches Fri, 16 May 2008 16:49:20 -0400 The 12th annual Webby Award winners were announced this week. Nearly 500,000 people voted online for their favorites in the People's Voice Awards, and FRONTLINE/World won two of them. Thanks for your support! http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/05/the_webbys_get.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/05/the_webbys_get.html Editors' Notes Wed, 07 May 2008 10:06:02 -0400 After tribal violence erupted in Kenya last December, the hatred quickly spread online. Edwin Okong'o describes how he became an unwitting target of the vitriol -- much of it fueled by normally rational well-educated Kenyans in the U.S. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/04/kenya_the_onlin.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/04/kenya_the_onlin.html Dispatches Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:56:27 -0400 During the recent food riots in Egypt, freelance reporter James Buck was detained by Egyptian security forces while photographing demonstrators. Watch Buck's narrated slideshow and read his account of the riots and his own arrest. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/04/egypt.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/04/egypt.html Dispatches Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:50:50 -0400 The Beijing Olympic torch pulled a disappearing act during its only U.S. stop, as Tibetan protestors and Chinese supporters squared off in the streets of San Francisco. But it was a moral victory for Tibetans who suddenly have a worldwide audience for their cause. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/04/olympic_torch_s.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/04/olympic_torch_s.html Dispatches Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:21:29 -0400 On Wednesday, the Beijing Olympic torch is scheduled to blaze through San Francisco, home to the second largest population of Chinese in the U.S. But rather than celebratory cheers, cries of protest from China's critics have rung throughout the city. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/04/beijings_blaze.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/04/beijings_blaze.html Dispatches Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:51:52 -0400 Still in damage control after claiming she ducked sniper fire in Bosnia in 1996, Hillary Clinton continues to chalk it down to a momentary lapse. Joe Rubin, who has reported from the Balkans, spoke to Bosnia's former president Ejup Ganic, who greeted Clinton that day, to hear his account of events. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/04/clinton_sniper.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/04/clinton_sniper.html Dispatches Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:38:25 -0400 Orlando de Guzman reports from the Burma-China border, where Chinese boomtowns are sprouting up, bankrolled in large part by the trade in narcotics, jade and timber from Burma. Despite international sanctions, trade with China along the historic Burma Road has become a lifeline for the Burmese military regime. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/04/burma_the_chine.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/04/burma_the_chine.html Dispatches Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:11:27 -0400 After a successful sting operation by the DEA in Thailand earlier this month, Victor Bout, the Russian arms dealer known as the "merchant of death," was arrested. Matthew Brunwasser reports on Bout's global illicit arms network, and why it's taken so long to reel him in. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/03/victor_bout_nab.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/03/victor_bout_nab.html Dispatches Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:14:03 -0400 Following the restaurant bombing in Islamabad last weekend that killed one and wounded 12, David Montero writes affectionately about his old hangout, popular with Westerners, and why the attack marks a disturbing shift in tactics by the Pakistani Taliban. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/03/pakistan_bombin.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rss/redir/frontlineworld/blog/2008/03/pakistan_bombin.html Dispatches Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:15:32 -0400