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Tweeting With Meaning

Tweeting With Meaning

Twitter has gone global and is saving lives in deadly conflict zones around the world.

May 21st, 2009 | 2 comments | 2,728 Views
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World Links: Conditions Worsen for 280,000 in Sri Lankan Camps, Pakistan Allies Pledge Millions to Aid 1.5 Million Displaced

World Links: Conditions Worsen for 280,000 in Sri Lankan Camps, Pakistan Allies Pledge Millions to Aid 1.5 Million Displaced

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

May 21st, 2009 | 0 comments | 1,193 Views
(1 votes)
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World Links: 1.3 Million Pakistanis Flee Fighting, Indians Choose New Government

World Links: 1.3 Million Pakistanis Flee Fighting, Indians Choose New Government

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

May 13th, 2009 | 0 comments | 1,946 Views
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World Links: The Pope Arrives in Israel, Roxana Saberi is Freed

World Links: The Pope Arrives in Israel, Roxana Saberi is Freed

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

May 11th, 2009 | 0 comments | 1,924 Views
(1 votes)
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World Links: Coordinated Attacks in Sadr City, Trial for Murder of Jewish Man in Paris

World Links: Coordinated Attacks in Sadr City, Trial for Murder of Jewish Man in Paris

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

Apr 29th, 2009 | 0 comments | 1,141 Views
(1 votes)
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Field Trip to the DMZ: Interview with North Korea Expert Bruce Klingner

Field Trip to the DMZ: Interview with North Korea Expert Bruce Klingner

Wide Angle interviews Bruce Klingner, North Korea expert at The Heritage Foundation, about North Korea’s recent rocket launch.

Apr 6th, 2009 | 0 comments | 1,942 Views
(6 votes)
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World Links: War Crimes Hearings Begin in Cambodia, Police Academy Attacked in Lahore

World Links: War Crimes Hearings Begin in Cambodia, Police Academy Attacked in Lahore

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

Mar 30th, 2009 | 0 comments | 1,273 Views
(2 votes)
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World Links: 6th Anniversary of Iraq Invasion, Obama Sends Message to Iran

World Links: 6th Anniversary of Iraq Invasion, Obama Sends Message to Iran

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

Mar 20th, 2009 | 1 comment | 1,666 Views
(1 votes)
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U.N. Approves Program to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation

U.N. Approves Program to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation

The project -- known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) -- will be launched in Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania and Vietnam.

Mar 19th, 2009 | 1 comment | 2,186 Views
(5 votes)
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World Links: Mutiny Ends in Bangladesh; Serb Leader Acquitted in The Hague

World Links: Mutiny Ends in Bangladesh; Serb Leader Acquitted in The Hague

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

Feb 26th, 2009 | 0 comments | 1,005 Views
(2 votes)
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Meet the New Administration

Meet the New Administration

What do Joe Biden, Leon Panetta, and Hillary Clinton have in common? They're all expected to serve in high-level positions in the Obama administration, and they've all appeared as distinguished guests on WIDE ANGLE.

Jan 22nd, 2009 | 2 comments | 1,962 Views
(1 votes)
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Women, War & Peace: Video: The Changing Face of War

Women, War & Peace: Video: The Changing Face of War

Video: International experts discuss the changing nature of war, and particularly on the role of women in conflict and post-conflict societies.

Jan 21st, 2009 | 1 comment | 3,620 Views
(2 votes)
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Women, War & Peace: Introduction

Women, War & Peace: Introduction

WIDE ANGLE is planning a bold new mini-series Women, War & Peace to challenge the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain and to place women at the center of an urgent dialogue about conflict and security.

Jan 21st, 2009 | 5 comments | 7,933 Views
(5 votes)
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Anthony Gambino on the Crisis in Congo

Anthony Gambino on the Crisis in Congo

Interview with Anthony W. Gambino author of a recent Council on Foreign Relations report, Congo: Securing Peace, Sustaining Progress, about the crisis in Congo.

Nov 12th, 2008 | 5 comments | 2,316 Views
(8 votes)
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