Assignment Episodes Episode guide
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The Berlin Wall - ten years later
A report from Berlin, ten years after the collapse of the wall
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The Basque prisoners who are ETA supporters
Interviews with the Basque prisoners who support ETA
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The Baseball factory
Baseball is a US national sport, but almost half its players come from overseas
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The Aswan Dam
The Aswan Dam is one of the world's greatest man-made constructions
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The Arab Americans
What does it mean to be an Arab American in the wake of 11 September 2001
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The Andijan Massacre
A report on the Andijan massacre in Uzbekistan
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The American West - Colorado
A report on the myth of the American 'Wild West' and how life has changed for 'cowboys'
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The Afghan arms bazaar
A report on the apparent revival of the Taliban in Afghanistan
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The 'Afghanskis'
Lyse Doucet was in Kabul during the final days of the Soviet occupation
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Thailand's illegal immigrants
The Burmese migrants illegally working and living in Thailand following the tsunami
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Tanzania
Tanzania, one of the largest - but least conspicuous - countries in East Africa
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Tamil Tigers
Allegations of Tamil abductions and human rights abuses in Sri Lanka
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Syria - stuck in the past?
Reporting on life in Syria, a country supposedly stuck in the medieval past
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Sudan's ceasefire
Investigating the fragile ceasefire between rebel fighters currently in place in southern Sudan
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Sudan's Berbers - the proud raiders
A report on Sudan's Berber culture
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Sri Lanka's tsunami
A report from Sri Lanka three weeks after the Asian Boxing Day tsunmai of 2004
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Spammers and junk emails
Tracking down the spammers who clog up email inboxes with junk mails
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Spain's neglected Thalidomide babies
A report on the Spanish victims of the drug Thalidomide
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Spain - Legacy of the Civil War's Disappeared
How the Spanish government is helping address one of the legacies of the civil war
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Spain - General Franco
Memories of General Francisco Franco, former ruler of Spain
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South Ossetia and Georgia
Second in a series of programmes from South Ossetia
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South Ossetia - after the fighting
Tim Whewell travels to South Ossetia in the Caucasus
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South Lebanon
Euphoria over the Israeli withdrawal has faded and new fears are creeping back
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South Dakota's abortion debate
The city of Sioux Falls is at the eye of the storm brewing across America about abortion
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South Africa's stalled land reform
A report on land reform in South Africa
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South Africa's promised land
Has South Africa's reform programme gone badly wrong?
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South Africa's mercenary town
A report from the Kalahari desert with historian, Angela McIntyre and citizens of Pomfret
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South Africa's Jacob Zuma
South Africa's presidential hopeful Jacob Zuma is poised to face corruption charges
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South Africa's defence scandal
The worst crisis to hit the South African government since it came to power nine years ago
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South Africa's corruption trial
The trial of a South African politician accused of corruption and fraud