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2005
DECEMBER
December 27, 2005
Conversation:
Andrew Natsios
Andrew Natsios, who is stepping down from his post as Administrator
of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) next month, discusses
his five years overseeing disaster recovery efforts.
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December 26, 2005
One
Year After South Asia Tsunami
A report from Thailand's Andaman Coast on the
reconstruction efforts following last December's tsunami. In Banda Aceh, where
the tsunami left 600,000 people homeless, residents
continue rebuilding the remnants of their villages. |
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December 26,
2005
Assessing
Tsunami Recovery Efforts
Two aid experts just returned from South Asia discuss
the international response after last December's tsunami. |
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December 19,
2005
Winter
Falls on Pakistan
A report documents the struggle to survive in Pakistan as
winter reaches isolated regions destroyed by the earthquake in early October.
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December 1, 2005
Grim
Forecast in Pakistan
As winter weather sweeps into the Himalayan Mountains,
the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees talks about the plight of people made homeless
by the Oct. 8 earthquake. |
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NOVEMBER
November 21, 2005
Rebuilding
after the Tsunami
An update from Thailand looks at the recovery efforts from
last December's tsunami and the government's project to install an early warning
system. |
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November 17, 2005
Afghan
Violence
Suicide bomb attacks and other forms of violence have more than doubled
this year in Afghanistan. A U.S. military officer who served in Afghanistan and
a journalist who covers the region discuss possible causes for the upsurge. |
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November
16, 2005
Stern
Words for China
In Japan during his visit to Asia, President Bush challenged
China to expand political and religious freedoms. |
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November 9, 2005
Terrorist
Leader Killed
A police shootout in Indonesia killed one of Southeast Asia's
most hunted terrorists, Azhari bin Husin. |
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November 8, 2005
Line
of Control Opened in Kashmir
A report about the decision to open crossing
points along the line that divides Pakistani- and Indian-controlled portions of
Kashmir in order to help victims of the South Asia Oct. 8 earthquake. |
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November 4, 2005
Forgotten Victims
An update from Pakistan on the desperate effort to reach remote mountain villages hit by the earthquake nearly a month ago. |
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November 2, 2005
Tsunami
Recovery
A report from the island nation of Sri Lanka about the recovery effort
from the Dec. 26 tsunami in Asia. |
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November 1, 2005
Slow
Recovery in Pakistan
Following a report from Pakistan on the efforts to deliver
aid to earthquake survivors, U.N. Undersecretary General Jan Egeland provides
an assessment of the recovery. |
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OCTOBER
October 24, 2005
Nuclear Talks with North Korea
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who just returned
from Pyongyang, North Korea, talks about the country's involvement in six-nation
talks to dismantle its nuclear weapons program. |
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October 20, 2005
Grim Forecast in Pakistan
Following
a background report, two experts discuss the significant challenges ahead in the
Pakistan earthquake recovery efforts. |
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October 18, 2005
Earthquake
Aid Response
Following a report on the race to prevent more deaths in the
aftermath of the earthquake in Pakistan, two experts discuss the ongoing relief
efforts. |
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October 14, 2005
Political
Freedoms in China
The seventh and final part of a series on China looks at
political freedom in China and its connection to the economy. |
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October
13, 2005
Recovery
and Response
Independent Television News gives a report from a town in northwestern
Pakistan, where survivors of Saturday's earthquake are still waiting for help.
Then, Pakistan's Ambassador Munir Akram talks about the country's response to
the recent earthquake that has killed over 40,000. |
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October 13, 2005
China
Rising
The sixth installment in a series on China's economy explores a key
area of conflict between China and the United States -- intellectual piracy. |
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October
12, 2005
China
Rising
The fifth installment in a series on China's economy features a rare
sit-down interview with Cheng Si-wei, vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. |
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October
12, 2005
Devastation
in Pakistan
Independent Television News reports on recovery efforts in Pakistan
following Saturday's massive earthquake that killed tens of thousands. |
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October
11, 2005
Chinese
Policy Shift
Two experts discusses a recent shift in economic policy by the
Chinese government. |
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October 11, 2005
China
Rising
Part four of a series on the Chinese economy, focusing on investment
and the role of the government. |
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October 11, 2005
Shattered
Region
Independent Television News provides three reports on the situation
in Pakistan after Saturday's earthquake, which has killed over 35,000 people. |
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October
10, 2005
Deadly
Earthquake in Kashmir
Independent Television News provides three reports on
the situation in Pakistan and India after Saturday's deadly earthquake. |
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October
7, 2005
Mao's
Influence in China
Nearly three decades after the death of Communist leader
Mao Zedong, the "Great Helmsman" is still nearly omnipresent in China. This is
the third piece in a series about China's growing economy. |
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October 5,
2005
The
Chinese Consumer
The second installment of a series on China examines the
vast Chinese consumer market. |
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October 4, 2005
China's
Booming Economy
The first part in a series on China explores the rapidly growing
economy of the world's largest communist country. |
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October 3, 2005
Terror in Bali
An Independent
Television News report on the recent bombings on the Indonesian island of Bali,
which killed at least 22 people. |
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SEPTEMBER
September 20, 2005
Critical Election in Afghanistan
An Independent Television News report from Afghanistan about its recent Parliamentary
elections. |
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September 20, 2005
Newsmaker:
Christopher Hill
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and chief U.S. negotiator
with North Korea Christopher Hill talks about North Korea and its nuclear weapons
program. |
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September 19, 2005
The
North Korea Deal
Following an Independent Television News report on North
Korea's promise to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, two experts assess the
situation. |
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AUGUST
August 9, 2005
Newsmaker:
Christopher Hill
Six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons
program stalled recently with an agreement to return to negotiations in late August.
Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill discusses the talks. |
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August
8, 2005
Nuclear
Negotiations
Two experts discuss North Korea and Iran's efforts to keep nuclear
energy for civilian use if they shut down their nuclear weapons programs. |
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JULY
July
21, 2005
China's
Currency Change
The Chinese government announced Thursday that it will no
longer link its currency, the yuan, to the U.S. dollar and move to a more flexible
exchange system. |
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July 12, 2005
Newsmaker:
Richard Myers
Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will
leave his post in September. The retiring general discusses military challenges
and successes in Iraq and recent losses in Afghanistan. |
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July 5, 2005
China's
Big Investment
As the G-8 leaders debate increasing aid to Africa this week,
Lindsay Hilsum of Independent Television News examines the impact of Chinese investment
in Sierra Leone and Sudan. |
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JUNE
June 30, 2005
More
Violence in Afghanistan
The bodies of 16 servicemen were retrieved by coalition
forces from a helicopter crash site Thursday, military officials said. The MH-47
Chinook was shot down in eastern Afghanistan as the violence continues to escalate.
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June 28, 2005
Six
Months After the Tsunami
Residents of Aceh, Indonesia -- one of the areas
hit hardest by last year's tsunami -- are still struggling to survive six months
later. Millions of dollars in aid have been slow to reach the region, partly because
of government bureaucracy. |
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June 24, 2005
Takeover
Bid
CNOOC, a state-owned Chinese company, submitted a $18.5 billion takeover
bid Thursday to buy Unocal, Corp., an American oil company. |
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June 23,
2005
Conversation:
Rob Portman
Ray Suarez speaks with the new U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman
about trade issues relating to China, the European Union and the proposed Central
American Free Trade Agreement. |
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June 21, 2005
New
Era in Vietnam
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai met with President Bush Tuesday
to speak about Vietnam's request to be a member of the World Trade Organization
and a possible visit by the president to the island nation next year. |
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June
10, 2005
Nuclear Tensions
President Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun met
Friday to discuss how to deal with North Korea's nuclear program. Two experts
on Korean affairs discuss the ramifications of the meeting. |
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MAY
May
23, 2005
Turmoil in Afghanistan
In a meeting with President Bush Monday, Afghan President
Hamid Karzai requested greater control over U.S. troops in his country and tougher
penalties for maltreatment of Afghan detainees. |
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May 19, 2005
Crackdown
in Uzbekistan
The Uzbek government Thursday reportedly recaptured a border
town that had been held by Islamic rebels, as international calls continued for
an investigation into a bloody clash between the two groups earlier in the week.
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May 16, 2005
Newsweek's
Quran Report
Newsweek magazine on Monday retracted its report about an alleged
desecration of the Quran by U.S. interrogators at the jail in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
that sparked deadly riots in Afghanistan and other Muslim nations. |
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May
13, 2005
Afghans' Rising
Fury
Anti-American protests in Afghanistan continued into the fourth day Friday
as nine people were killed in clashes with the local police. The riots have spread
throughout the country over a report that U.S. interrogators at the Guantanamo
Bay jail defiled the Quran. |
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May 5, 2005
Nuclear
Tensions
As diplomats meet at the U.N. headquarters in New York to review
the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty this month, tensions between the United States
and Iran and North Korea over their nuclear programs continue to grow. |
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APRIL
April 29, 2005
Vietnam
30 Years Later
Ian Williams of Independent Television News reports on the
30th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam war. |
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April
22, 2005
Power
Struggle
Before his scheduled meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Japanese
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologized Friday to China for the pain his country
inflicted on its neighbor during World War II. |
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April 7, 2005
Fatal
Flu
Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television looks
at the impact of avian flu on Southeast Asia. |
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April 6, 2005
Tsunami
Recovery
Jonathan Silvers looks at the rebuilding efforts in the Maldives
Islands after last year's devastating Asian tsunami. |
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April 6, 2005
Challenges
in China
Two members of Congress who recently traveled to China discuss the
country's growing economic power, the U.S. trade deficit, and human rights issues. |
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MARCH
March 29, 2005
Earthquake
in South Asia
As Indonesians searched through rubble left behind from Monday's
8.7-magnitude earthquake that struck near the island of Nias, officials warned
the death toll, already at more than 330 people, could rise as high as 2,000.
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March 28, 2005
Earthquake
in South Asia
Thousands fled from low-lying areas in Indonesia Monday after
an 8.7-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Sumatra Island. |
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March
25, 2005
Upheaval in Kyrgyzstan
Opposition parties in Kyrgyzstan named an acting president Friday, one day after
staging a lightning coup that displaced the government. A report and analysis
about the political situation in the central Asian country. |
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March 25,
2005
Tsunami Survivors
Some three months after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the Aceh region
in northern Indonesia, an ITN reporter examines the social, economic and spiritual
impact of the widespread decimation. |
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March 18, 2005
China's
Dangerous Coal Mines
In southwestern China, the bodies of 18 coal miners were
found from a blast that took place Thursday afternoon in the town of Xinzhen.
An ITN report on the dangerous conditions in China's coal mining industry. |
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March
14, 2005
Chinese
Challenge to Taiwan
China's Parliament passed legislation authorizing the
use of military force against Taiwan if it seeks formal independence. Prime Minister
Wen Jiabao defended the new law as a way to ensure peace in the region. |
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FEBRUARY
February
21, 2005
Traveling for Treatments
Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television reports on how people are
traveling to Thailand to have medical procedures done at reduced rates. |
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February
10, 2005
Weapons
and Words
The North Korean government announced for the first time Thursday
that it possessed a cache of nuclear weapons. |
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January 19, 2005
Newsmaker:
Paul Wolfowitz
Margaret Warner speaks with Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz
about his recent visit to the tsunami-stricken regions of South Asia. |
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January
13, 2005
Newsmaker:
Colin Powell
Jim Lehrer speaks with Secretary of State Colin Powell about
the upcoming Iraqi elections, prospects for peace in the Middle East and tsunami
relief efforts in South Asia. |
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January 12, 2005
Relief
Curbs
Experts join Margaret Warner to discuss the politics surrounding the
relief efforts in Aceh province, Indonesia. |
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January 11, 2005
Tsunami
Alert
Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser of the NewsHour's Science Unit looks
at the technology needed to warn people of tsunamis before they strike. |
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January
10, 2005
Tsunami
Aftermath
Bill Neely of Independent Television News reports from the village
of Akbar in Sri Lanka on how children and families are faring more than two weeks
after the tsunami struck. Then, Ray Suarez speaks with UNICEF Executive Director
Carol Bellamy, who recently toured the regions hit by the tsunami. |
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January
7, 2005
Tsunami
Conversation
Simon Winchester, author of "Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded:
August 27, 1883," joins Margaret Warner to discuss how people can change in the
wake of tragedies such as the South Asian tsunami disaster. |
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January 7,
2005
Tsunami
Aftermath
Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports on the relief
efforts in Aceh Province, Indonesia. |
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January 6, 2005
Tsunami
Aftermath
John Irvine of Independent Television News gives an update on the
relief efforts in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. |
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January 6, 2005
Tsunami
Summit
World leaders met Thursday in Indonesia at an emergency aid summit
for tsunami relief efforts. Margaret Warner talks with Andrew Steer, country director
for Indonesia at the World Bank, about the meeting in Jakarta. |
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January
5, 2005
Caring
for Victims
Ian Williams of Independent Television News reports from Phuket,
Thailand on how the tsunami disaster has brought people together. Then, ITN's
Alex Thomson looks at the economic impact of the tsunami on Sri Lanka, and ITN's
Dan Rivers focuses on the children in Sumatra, Indonesia who survived the disaster. |
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January
5, 2005
Medical
Challenges
Ray Suarez speaks with Catrin Schulte-Hillen of the aid group Doctors
Without Borders about challenges facing relief workers trying to bring medical
assistance to the tsunami survivors. |
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January 4, 2005
Unaccounted
for Americans
Maura Harty, assistant secretary of state for consular affairs,
joins Margaret Warner to discuss the uncertainty surrounding the number of missing
Americans in South Asia. |
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January 4, 2005
Tsunami
Aftermath
Terence Smith talks with Steve Levitt, who works with the aid group
World Vision Australia, about his group's efforts to help the survivors in Banda
Aceh, IndonesiaThen, Independent Television News reports on the latest relief
efforts in Sri Lanka. |
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January 3, 2005
Helping
Hands
Jim Lehrer leads a discussion with Mary McClymont, president of the
aid group Interaction, Mark Melia, director of annual giving and support at Catholic
Relief Services, and Stacy Palmer, editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy about
efforts to raise money from private donations. |
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January 3, 2005
Aftermath
John Irvine of Independent Television News reports on the latest relief efforts
in Indonesia. Then, Ray Suarez speaks with Robert Marquand of the Christian Science
Monitor, who is covering the recovery effort in Sri Lanka. Afterwards, Jeffrey
Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles looks at how Sri Lankans in the United States are coping
with the devastation in their home country. |
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January 3, 2005
Aftermath
Ray Suarez speaks with Robert Marquand of the Christian Science Monitor, who is
covering the recovery effort in Sri Lanka. Afterwards, Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los
Angeles looks at how Sri Lankans in the United States are coping with the devastation
in their home country. |
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