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Banishing America's 'Bad Hombres'
Lucy Ash asks how a ruthless street gang is affecting the immigration debate in the US.
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Elephants, Politics and Sri Lanka
Religiously and politically potent, Sri Lankan elephants are killing more and more humans.
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Living with the Dead
Some Indonesians live alongside dead family members for years.
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Wives Wanted in the Faroes
Men in the Faroe Islands are having to look far beyond their shores for marriage.
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Cuba's Cancer Revolution
In a revolutionary first, one of Cuba's cancer treatments gets a US drug trial.
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Coming Out of the Shadows in Kenya
In Kenya home-grown activists are helping intersex people come out into the open.
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Hong Kong's Secret Dwellings
The hidden lives of the thousands of people who live on industrial sites in Hong Kong.
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Brazil's modern-day Captains of the Sands
A Brazilian novel about street children written 80 years ago still resonates today.
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Russia's Extreme Selfie Daredevils
Lucy Ash meets the young Russians taking death-defying photos to gain internet fame.
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Siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery
One night of terror at Dhaka's Holey Artisan Bakery in July 2016.
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Poland: Behind the Black Protests
Women in Poland are angry with their government and with the Catholic church.
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Mexico - The Town That Said, 'No!'
The story of Cheran, a Mexican town that rose up against organised crime.
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Punk Art and Protest in Malaysia
James Fletcher asks if art and activism can bring about change in Malaysia.
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India's Silent Terror
Jill McGivering reports on the rising tide of Hindu extremism in India.
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Cricket, Colour and Quotas in South Africa
Black sporting talent is still struggling to break through into South Africa's top teams.
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Albania's Cannabis Boom
Investigating Albania's 'green gold'.
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Checkmate for the King of Chess?
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov - master or pawn in the great game of chess?
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Cleansing Turkey
Public employee one day, enemy of the state the next. The post-coup reality in Turkey.
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Fixing India's Car Crash Capital
The people who are trying to stop the relentless road deaths in India's biggest city.
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Torah and Tech in Israel
David Baker meets Israel's new breed of high-tech Haredim.
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Addicted in Suburbia
Heroin, opiates, and suburban Ohio.
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Protesting in Putin's Russia
Sarah Rainsford looks at how Russia is dealing with dissent in the run-up to elections.
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Colombia's Forgotten Exodus
The people displaced by war in Colombia who fear they will never be able to return home.
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Poland's Amateur Defenders
Why are more people in Poland preparing for war? Tim Whewell investigates.
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Going Hungry in Venezuela
Vladimir Hernandez reports from Venezuela, which is struggling to feed its own people.
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Syria's Secret Library
The story of the library in a besieged Syrian town providing a lifeline to its community.
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Stealing Innocence in Malawi
The shocking world of the men in Malawi tasked with stealing the innocence of young girls.
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Checkmate Me in St Louis
The mid-western city which has become a world centre for the game of chess.
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China's Family Planning Army
China's once-hated population police are being turned into child development specialists.
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Forgetting Igbo
Nkem Ifejika cannot speak Igbo, the language of his forefathers, and he wants to know why.