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Reflections: The End of a Divided Germany

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:34:39 -0400

I grew up in West Germany during the Cold War, with one side of my family from the East and the other from the West. And even though I've lived in the U.S. for well over a decade, I am still deeply moved by what happened the summer and fall of 1989.

Peru: Kiva's Web-based Microfinance Growing Up

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:57:55 -0400

Three years after we broadcast our phenomenally popular story about Kiva, the San Francisco-based nonprofit that helps thousands of small businesses with microloans across the developing world, we check back in with the company on its fourth anniversary.

Honduras: Standoff at the Embassy

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:26:44 -0400

Honduras' left-leaning president, Manuel Zelaya, who was deposed in a coup back on June 28, has returned to the country. We spoke to Al Jazeera's Monica Villamizar, who has been following the story, which, she says, has become a test case in Latin America for how the U.S. handles the crisis.

China: Wall Scholar

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:03:04 -0400

There is apparently no formula to becoming an expert on the Great Wall of China. David Spindler was a graduate student in Beijing back in the early 1990s when he began trekking the wall and studying ancient documents to reveal its secrets. His passion for the wall's history is now the subject of two new exhibits.

Afghanistan: A Stolen Election?

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:57:35 -0400

It's a pivotal time for Afghanistan. Allegations continue to stack up that Hamid Karzai and his supporters have rigged the election, and a change in U.S. policy to put more troops on the ground is losing public support.

Swaziland: The King and the Web

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:47:51 -0400

Can an internet conference challenge the status quo in a country with the highest rate of HIV/AIDs in the world and an absolute monarch reluctant to change?

Jailed In Iran, A Reporter's Story

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:09:24 -0400

Photojournalist Iason Athanasiadis-Fowden was in Iran covering the recent elections when he was arrested and charged with espionage.

Guinea Bissau: A Narco State in Africa

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:38:38 -0400

Photojournalist Marco Vernaschi talks with iWitness about the intimate portraits he captured within West Africa's growing drugs trade.

Afghanistan: After an Airstrike

Fri, 29 May 2009 20:55:11 -0400

Jason Motlagh has been reporting from Afghanistan for several months, first embedding with U.S. troops and most recently looking at the other side of the conflict -- the growing numbers of civilian casualties.

Pakistan: Education's Fault Lines

Tue, 26 May 2009 21:16:06 -0400

Journalists Sarah Stuteville and Alex Stonehill spent six weeks crisscrossing Pakistan to report on the country's growing education crisis. They spoke recently with iWitness from Karachi about their experience.

Burma: One Year After the Deadly Storm

Fri, 01 May 2009 15:27:17 -0400

On the eve of May 2, 2008, Cyclone Nargis ripped through the Burmese delta killing 100,000 and leaving millions more homeless. A year on, our correspondent visits the devastated area and finds tent cities and surprising pockets of renewal.

Interview With Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:26:38 -0400

_pap_embed('frow03s2ae6q99d'); Editor's Note: "I believe in telling the truth," says filmmaker Sharmeed Obaid-Chinoy. In this webcam interview, she tells us why she undertook such a dangerous journey in her native Pakistan to document how the Taliban are repressing young girls...

Pakistan's Taliban Generation

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:05:43 -0400

In a week when a peace deal was officially signed between the Pakistan government and Taliban leaders in Swat Valley, Sharmeen-Obaid Chinoy writes about the growing reach and power of the Pakistani Taliban and its violent reprisals.

Bangladesh: The Mystery of a Mutiny

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:02:37 -0400

Why rank and file soldiers of the Bangladesh Rifles went on a killing spree earlier this week that left at least 56 of their senior officers dead is still shrouded in mystery. Our reporter, on the scene soon after, describes how events unfolded.

Afghanistan: A Hard Fight

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:51:08 -0400

As President Obama announced this week that the U.S is sending 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan, we spoke with reporter Jason Motlagh, who has just returned from embedding with U.S troops in several troubled provinces along the Pakistan border.