Charlie Rose sits down with The Onion’s Editor-In-Chief Joe Randazzo, Will Graham (Executive Producer/ Director) and Carol Kolb (Head Writer) of the Onion News Network, to talk about politics and comedy this election season.
* Bombing Spree Through Northeast India
* New hope in the fight against cancer
* Series: “How they see us” — Czech Republic
* Behind the wheel in Tehran, women taxi drivers
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This month Rwanda became the first country to elect a female Parliament. Wide Angle traveled to this fractured nation to make a film that profiles women lawmakers on the forefront of change. Watch. (Originally aired: 7/22/04).
* 20,000 soldiers needed in Afghanistan
* Congo refugees threatened by conflict
* How the world perceives the upcoming election
* Series: “How they see us” — Argentina
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R & E and the UN Foundation released a new survey about religion and America’s role in the world. They found that nearly 80 percent of Americans agree that sometimes US involvement in world affairs causes more harm than good. Watch. (Originally aired: 10/24/08).
PBS and Youtube are encouraging voters, especially if they’re in unusual circumstances or contested districts, to video their voting process on or before Election Day and submit it to Youtube. A few videos will be selected to air on NewsHour. See site for more details.
* U.S. considers talks with the Taliban
* More countries on the edge of financial collapse
* Series: “How they see us” — East Africa
* Australian Nobel Scientists plead for climate change
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R & E has a report about a born-again preacher in Juárez, Mexico who takes care of the poorest of the poor - unwanted, drug-addicted, mentally ill street people with no place to live but El Pastor’s shelter, out in the desert just south of the US border. Watch.
The republic of Chechnya has been embroiled for years in a war for self-determination against Russia. Film crews accompany Russian troops on “cleansing missions” in Grozny, and spend 24 tense hours at a Russian checkpoint. They also go undercover in the border regions where a radical Islam increasingly motivates Chechen fighters. Watch. (Originally aired: 8/25/2007).
