United Arab Emirates

Could the phenomenal spending culture in the United Arab Emirates be coming to a close?

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Indonesian Economy

The Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 hit Indonesia hard. How is the country doing now?

• 13 mins

Holocaust

Author Norman G Finkelstein argues the Holocaust has been exploited for political gain

• 14 mins

US Aid to Africa

Is America showing a greater commitment to Africa?

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Australian Identity

The history of immigration in Australia, and its changing relationship with Britain

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Chinese Architecture

Traditional Chinese architecture competes with Beijing's need to develop

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Six Billion Inhabitants

With an aging population and falling birthrate, will Europe admit it needs immigration?

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Japanese Nationalism

How the rise of nationalism and denial of the Nanking massacre is causing concern

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US Presidential Candidates

Campaign news and expert analysis from the 2000 US presidential election

• 13 mins

The Fallout From Afghanistan

How the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan created an armed cadre of 20,000 foreign radicals

• 13 mins

Philippines - Capital Punishment in Manila

Report on Manila's first execution since capital punishment was re-introduced in 1994

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The Sami - Norwegian Nomads

Report from Norway on the Sami people, nomadic reindeer herders

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American Election Campaign 2000

Does US campaign financing put special interests above national interests?

• 13 mins

Violence in Indonesia

Why have communities that previously got along fallen into such bitter enmity?

• 13 mins

Gay Rights and Section 28

Can UK campaigners manage to remove a 1988 law banning the "promotion" of homosexuality?

• 13 mins

US Economic Growth

A study of US economic growth in the 21st Century

• 13 mins

Global Warming

The repercussions of global warming on the developing world

• 13 mins

The Future of UK House of Lords

The future of the House of Lords, the unelected upper house of the UK parliament

• 13 mins

Human Arm Transplant

Scientific medical breakthroughs including limb transplants and human tissue growth

• 13 mins

War in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The ongoing conflict and lawlessness described as "Africa's first world war"

• 13 mins

The Rise of the Superstore

Is the traditional local shop doomed? A debate about the impact of out-of-town superstores

• 13 mins

Unrecognised Nations and Peoples

Only 3% of the world's communities have a country they can call their own

• 13 mins

Pakistan's Coup D'etat

A report on General Musharraf's coup d'etat over Prime Minister Sharif

• 13 mins

Iranian Elections

The battle for the future direction of the Islamic revolution

• 13 mins

Stephen Lawrence Inquiry

A year after the report into the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence, has anything changed?

• 14 mins

Looted Treasures in London

How smuggled treasures from Italy, Greece, and Turkey are ending up on sale in London

• 13 mins

African Peacekeeping

The French decision to train Africans in peacekeeping

• 13 mins

Northern Ireland Debate

Debate on the breakdown of peace process and the resumption of violence

• 13 mins

Surveillance

What price privacy? And where does the law stand on snooping?

• 13 mins

Kosovo, Serbia

Debate about the growing tensions and violence between Albanians and Serbs

• 13 mins