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The 4th Anniversary of the Iraq War |
| Episode Number: |
509 |
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The March: Inside the Massive Anti-War Demonstrations in Washington; Who's Crazy Enough to Join the Army Now?; An Ally Under Pressure: Jordan's Balancing Act; Update on Marine Company Fox 2-5: Just Days into Their Third Tour, the Company Commander is a Casualty. |
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Iraq Redeployment, Lunsford Act, Canal Sharks |
| Episode Number: |
508 |
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The Redeployment: Fox 2/5 Returns to Iraq; The Lunsford Act: John Couey is Sentenced, But Do Florida's Sex Offender Laws Work?; Canal Sharks: What Do You Do When Sharks Get a Little Too Close for Comfort at Your Waterfront Home? |
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Uganda, Defense, Tattoos |
| Episode Number: |
507 |
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"A Silent War, A Violent Peace": Uganda's child soldiers; "Midshipmen on Defense": Building satellites that might save their own lives; "Tattoo You": The latest 'Ink' craze. |
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New Orleans, South Africa, HD Pornography |
| Episode Number: |
506 |
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"The People v. U.S.: Residents of New Orleans Fight Back;" "Freedom & Hope Amid Poverty & Pain in an African Jewel: South Africa Now;" "TMI? Pornography in High-Definition" |
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Teen Suicide, Mardi Gras, NASA, and Daytona 500 |
| Episode Number: |
505 |
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"The Bridge: Teen Suicide Epidemic"; "Does Jesus Love Osama?"; "The Gulf Coast at Mardi Gras: One Story of Courage in New Orleans and Help Wanted (Desperately!)"; "NASA's Historic Launch -- Five for the Price of One!"; "The Daytona 500 -- NASCAR's Biggest Names Caught Cheating?" |
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Brother Against Brother - Violence in the West Bank and Gaza; Toyota Invades NASCAR!; Zapping Killer E-Coli -- Irradiated Food |
| Episode Number: |
504 |
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As the United States launches a new effort to bring peace between Palestinians and Israelis, a bigger challenge has arisen: how to bring peace between Palestinians. Greg Dobbs reports. Closer to home, as NASCAR looks forward to the Daytona 500, it also braces for the arrival of a new player: Toyota. Leslie Boghosian is with the Toyota team and talks to fans who aren't too happy about the new competition from the world's number two automaker. Finally, with last year's E. coli outbreak, food safety is a vital concern to all Americans. One company tells Tom Bearden that they have the solution: irradiation. And they're willing to eat contaminated spinach tainted with a lethal dose of E. coli to prove it! But is it safe? All on World Report. |
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Ignorance of the Law; Devastation in Paradise; Here Comes the Sun |
| Episode Number: |
503 |
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Genarlow Wilson, once a young man with the brightest of futures, is now behind bars for having consensual sex with a schoolmate. He was 17, she was 15. The state called it molestation, others call it a miscarriage of justice. Also, killer storm cells ripped across central Florida last week, killing 20. HDNet is there. Finally, how residents of one town, in the shadows for centuries, made their long winter just a little more bearable. |
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AWOL in Canada; The Big Dry - The Worst Drought in 1000 Years; The Virtual Plane - Boeing's Big Gamble |
| Episode Number: |
502 |
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Children of War - A Reunion; Music - In the Heart, Soul, or is it the Brain? |
| Episode Number: |
501 |
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On this World Report, thousands of children who were given up or stolen in the middle of a bloody civil war. Those children are now demanding answers. And with the help of DNA, they are finding some. Plus, why do we love music? The answers one man found may surprise you. And, as the military effort continues unabated in Iraq, Greg Dobbs takes a look at some who gave all. |
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2006 in Review, Bethlehem |
| Episode Number: |
445 |
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Chief Correspondent Greg Dobbs reviews the most compelling stories of 2006, all in high definition. From the Middle East, to Africa, to here at home, the characters and stories that touched us. And, a very special Christmas report from filmmaker Martin Himel from Bethlehem. He found a town besieged but still, miraculously, hopeful. |
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South Africa at the Crossroads |
| Episode Number: |
444 |
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No would argue that things were better under apartheid, but conditions in today's South Africa are desperate for many of the country's residents. The AIDS epidemic is ravaging a nation already wracked by unemployment and poverty. Sights once unimaginable -- like African service workers demonstrating in the center of Johannesburg -- are now commonplace. Unfortunately, so are shanty towns and slums housing millions of the displaced. World Report's Greg Dobbs travels to South Africa to look at the proud nation and examine the challenges facing it and what it will take to overcome them. |
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Racism, Assimilation and the New Europe: Germany and their Muslim 'Problem;' Foster Homes to Homeless: Turning 18 in the 'System;' the Latest on Shuttle Mission STS 116 |
| Episode Number: |
443 |
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Israel War Recovery, Produce Regulations |
| Episode Number: |
441 |
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World Report cameras are in Israel, after the war with Lebanon, to see how things have changed and how the country is recovering....but not fully. And we examine how produce growers are recovering after a spinach E. Coli scare caused costly economic losses, and how they are calling for more regulation, not less. |
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Afghanistan Update, Homeland Security |
| Episode Number: |
440 |
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While world attention has largely focused on Iraq, Afghanistan's fragile democracy may be on the verge of unraveling and falling victim again to the terrorists. World Report cameras are there. And, are we any safer from terrorism in the U.S.? We go behind Homeland Security doors for a look at how protected, or unprotected, we really are. Plus, you'll see Americans who travel to Montana to deliberately expose themselves to Radon, searching for medical cures. |
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Palestinian Territories, The War at Sea, Election Recap |
| Episode Number: |
439 |
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World Report cameras are in the Palestinian Territories as the peace process is splintered not just by the Palestinians' battles with Israel, but by battles between brothers. And, while U.S. troops continue their fights on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan, World Report shows you another part of the war, the war at sea. Plus, how the major social issues played out nationwide on election day and an inside look at the next space shuttle flight, and the crew that blasts off aboard it. |
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Pennsylvania Senate Race, Colorado Mega Church, Hubble Telescope |
| Episode Number: |
438 |
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World Report examines the changing mood of the electorate through the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania. And, as the debate of religion in politics once again heats up, World Report takes a look back at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs where a prominent pastor has now become the center of a controversy. Also, NASA's recent decision to fix the Hubble Telescope and why they think it's worth the expense. |
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Russian Vodka Shortage, Panama Canal |
| Episode Number: |
437 |
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World Report cameras are in Russia to see how the sudden shortage of a national treasure, vodka, is changing lives. And they look back at the Panama Canal after Panamanians voted to spend billions to expand it. Then, a heated debate about a new basketball in the NBA. |
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School Shootings, Dubai |
| Episode Number: |
436 |
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After a string of school shootings, World Report examines what happened and what is being done to prevent future attacks. And, World Report cameras take a look back at Dubai, to learn just who the people are who live there, and how they feel about the American response to the proposed Dubai Ports World deal. |
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Bird Flu, European Immigration |
| Episode Number: |
435 |
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World Report cameras take a look at bird flu. For a while we feared the worst. Were we wrong? Has the threat passed? And, Immigration is not just a hot topic in the U.S. Immigrants from Morocco and other third world nations no longer have easy access to economic opportunities in Spain and the rest of Europe. |
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Immigrants' Journey, Presidential Funeral, James Brown |
| Episode Number: |
434 |
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World Report cameras follow a family of immigrants as they make the dangerous journey from Mexico into the U.S. Plus, extended highlights from the Funeral of President Gerald R. Ford. And a special farewell to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown. |
