A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.
Mar 25th, 2009 | 1 comment | 1,532 Views
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World Links: Clinton in Mexico, Al-Bashir in Egypt
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World Links: Journalists Detained in N. Korea, Nationwide Strikes in France
A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.
Mar 19th, 2009 | 0 comments | 1,288 Views
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World Links: China Ups Troops on Tibetan Border; Global Warming Skeptics Meet in NYC
A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.
Mar 9th, 2009 | 0 comments | 1,410 Views
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World Links: Elections in Israel; Sectarian Strife in Pakistan
A round-up of today's global news headlines.
Feb 20th, 2009 | 0 comments | 936 Views
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About FOCAL POINT
FOCAL POINT is a new series of web-exclusive documentary shorts on international current affairs produced by Wide Angle, in collaboration with independent producers from around the globe.
Nov 15th, 2008 | 1 comment | 4,041 Views
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Red Lines and Deadlines: Press Freedom Around the World
The main lesson to be drawn from the 2008 RSF report is that, “It is not economic prosperity but peace that guarantees press freedom."
Oct 27th, 2008 | 0 comments | 2,095 Views
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Japan’s About-Face: Audio: The U.S.-Japan Alliance
WIDE ANGLE speaks with Richard J. Samuels, the founding director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Japan Program, about the relationship between the U.S. and Japan.
Jul 8th, 2008 | 14 comments | 6,468 Views
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Japan Appoints First Space Development Minister
Japan appointed Fumio Kishida as its first space development minister, following a law passed last month, which allows Japan to use outer space for the purposes of national security.
Jun 20th, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,935 Views
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Japan’s About-Face: Japan Lifts Ban on Military in Outer Space
Japan lifted its 1969 ban on the military use of space on Wednesday, which is considered one of several indicators of Japan's shift away from post-war pacifism.
May 23rd, 2008 | 1 comment | 4,182 Views
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Border Jumpers: The World’s Most Complex Borders: North Korea/South Korea
Jul 26th, 2005 | 0 comments | 4,802 Views
(3 votes) Loading ...A State of Mind: North Korea and the Korean War: 1951-1953 Peace And Pows
On July 10, 1951, peace talks began between the U.N. and North Korea
Aug 5th, 2004 | 1 comment | 3,671 Views
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...A State of Mind: North Korea and the Korean War: 1953 – Present The Aftermath
Fifty years after the conflict that killed millions, the Korean peninsula theoretically remains at war.
Sep 11th, 2003 | 0 comments | 3,496 Views
(3 votes) Loading ...A State of Mind: North Korea and the Korean War: Fall 1950 China Responds
China had warned that it would repay past debts to Koreans who had fought with them against Chiang Kaishek by defending North Korea against a U.S. invasion. But Washington had ignored the notice.
Sep 11th, 2003 | 0 comments | 3,060 Views
(2 votes) Loading ...A State of Mind: North Korea and the Korean War: June 1950 UN Responds
Two days after the war in Korea began, the U.S., worried that it would "lose" Korea like China to communists, took the matter to the UN Security Council.
Sep 11th, 2003 | 1 comment | 3,298 Views
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