Assignment Episodes Episode guide
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India's Uterus Scam
Unregulated private clinics are accused of performing unnecessary hysterectomies in India
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UK Roma children in care
Why are so many Roma children being taken into care in Britain?
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Libya - Life After Revolution
Can Libya ever be united again after its revolution in 2011?
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Tajik Drugs
People in remote border villages in Tajikistan live on lucrative drugs route
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India's Lost Girls
Investigating the trafficking of girls within India for prostitution and forced marriage.
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Japan Forced Confessions
Why do innocent people confess in Japan? Mariko Oi investigates
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China and the Two Iron Ladies of Burma
Two farmer鈥檚 daughters in Burma object to the expansion of a Chinese backed copper mine.
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El Salvador
El Salvador's gangs have made a truce. The murder rate has plummeted. Can it last?
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Argentina鈥檚 Numbers Game
Is Argentina hiding the true state of its economy? And if so, why?
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US Prison Rape
The disturbing story of rape and sexual abuse in America's prisons.
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At the Mercy of the Men with Guns: Afghanistan鈥檚 Warlords
In remote areas of Afghanistan the Kalashnikov is more powerful than the ballot box.
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Sport and Crime in Trinidad
Can Trinidad's attempts to get more people in sport reduce the country鈥檚 crime rate?
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The Mayor of Mogadishu
Can a man nicknamed 'Tarzan' tackle the impact of years of corruption and brutal warfare?
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Israel鈥檚 New Front Line
How exemption from conscription for ultra-Orthodox Jews is exposing Israel's fault lines.
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Syria Behind Rebel Lines
A portrait of life in a rebel-held town in northern Syria
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Putin鈥檚 Favourite Monastery
The story of how a Russian monastery and its monks are upsetting a local community.
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Germany鈥檚 Circumcision Row
Stephen Evans on the circumcision row causing outrage among Jews and Muslims in Germany.
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On the trail of South Africa鈥檚 missing textbooks
Rob Walker investigates allegations of corruption in the South African education system.
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Wanting Out of New Zealand鈥檚 Gangs
It can be risky wanting out of New Zealand鈥檚 gangs.
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It's all in the Name: Adoption in Japan
Why would families in Japan adopt grown men? Find out in this edition of Assignment.
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Hunted to Death 鈥� Gay Life in Iraq
Why being gay in Iraq could cost you your life.
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Assignment - Russia's Far Right
Tom Esslemont examines the mindset of Russia's skinheads in this week's Assignment.
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Romania Gold Rush
Tessa Dunlop investigates why a plan for a massive gold mine is dividing Romania.
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Bulgaria's Deadly Game
The links between football, corruption and politics in Bulgaria.
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Korea's Host Bars
South Korea's host bars - where female customers select and pay for male companions.
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Cold Turkey in Karachi
Mobeen Azhar finds out how a charity is helping heroin addicts in Karachi.
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Riding in Rwanda
Training to be a champion cyclist in the mountains of north-west Rwanda.
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Spain's Runway to Nowhere
What can a new but closed airport tell us about Spain's economic crisis?
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Freedom and Culture in Benghazi
Nina Robinson explores newfound cultural freedoms in Libya's second city Benghazi.
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Peru's Gold Rush
The gold rush in Peru that is threatening the Amazon rainforest.
