The economy is officially in recession. The government has passed a bailout plan of unprecedented size and is considering bailouts for other industries and companies. Allan Sloan, Floyd Norris, & Chrystia Freeland analyze the US financial sectors during this crisis. Watch. (Originally aired: 11/20/2008).
Malcolm Gladwell, best-selling author and writer for The New Yorker, explains why expertise in any field requires 10,000 hours of practice. In his new book, “Outliers”, he analyzes why people are successful. Watch. (Originally aired: 12/4/2008).
* Fear of terrorist attacks in Indian airports
* Pakistan pledges action after Mumbai attacks
* Automakers in Europe look for bailout
* Threat of a Muslim insurgency in Thailand
* Harry Potter Author JK Rowling releases more marketing magic
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While America considers boosting troops in Afghanistan, one person throws her support behind the women of that country. Then, Foreign Exchange examines whether the strongest insurgent militia in Iraq has disintegrated, and, see how Obama will change US foreign policy on public health.
In May 2006, an imam academy in Morocco holds a graduation ceremony, but the class of 2006 is no ordinary group of students. Side by side with the male graduates are 50 women pioneers, among the first contemporary group of women to be officially trained as religious leaders in the Arab world. Watch. (Originally aired: 7/25/2006).
A zero net building would generate enough renewable energy to meet its own energy needs. Clark Brockman, the director of SERA Architect’s Sustainability Resource Team, moderates the first …
* US mission to ease tension after Mumbai attacks
* Automakers seek a potential market in India
* War in the Congo: the story of one refugee family
* What’s new at Machu Picchu?
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Many Catholics have never seen anything like this in their local parish — an Aztec dance honoring the mother of Jesus. It is part of the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, highly important to Hispanic Catholics. It may be a glimpse into the future of the U.S. church. Watch. (Originally aired: 11/26/2008).
While vaccines, early testing, and treatment have reduced the effects of cervical cancer on women in the U.S., cervical cancer is the number one killer of women in Latin America. Now, Nicaraguan women are finding hope in coffee — the country’s top export. Watch story. (Originally aired: 12/1/2008)
* Did India fail to act on warning of attacks?
* Iran’s interference in the War in Afghanistan
* Japanese automakers heading into a recession
* Global Health: safe childbirth in Guatemala
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