Mali: The New Terrorist Training Ground
The U.S. has long seen the Middle East and South Asia as the central battlegrounds in the war against Islamist militants. That's changing: the new face of terror is an African one.
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The U.S. has long seen the Middle East and South Asia as the central battlegrounds in the war against Islamist militants. That's changing: the new face of terror is an African one.
Grantee Jason Motlagh discusses the lack of reforms in the Bangladesh garment industry in the wake of the Rana Plaza tragedy.
Hundreds of survivors of Bangladesh's Tazreen factory fire, which claimed at least 112 lives, have been unable to get adequate medical and financial help.
Part III: An explanation of why the tropics are important to global viability and what's at stake with temperatures rising.
Workers at a GM plant in Bogotá, Colombia have waged a protest against the US car maker for more than two years.
Part II: Wake Forest tropical biologist Miles Silman was attracted to the rain forests of southern Peru to study forest mechanics. Global warming made him shift his focus.
Part I: In the first segment of a five-part radio series, reporter Justin Catanoso takes listeners into the jungle in Peru's Amazon basin to witness the impact of global warming in the tropics.
Muammar Qaddafi’s hometown band of loyalists still display his favorite color.
The people of two rival towns seem determined to hate each other forever.
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Justin Catanoso reports on how climate change is affecting tropical forests in Peru.
Baskets of vegetables now grow where once there were basketball courts. Urban farms are growing in importance for the healthy development of American children.