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Fighting to carve a homeland in a region not known for its women's rights, the female guerrillas of the Kurdish Liberation Movement have quite a challenge ahead. Can they really equal their male comrades?  

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The European art trade, synonymous with wealth and glamour, has always involved a degree of stolen and smuggled art. Now, Afghanistan's rich cultural heritage is financing terrorism and the Taliban. From Afghans scrabbling in the sand for treasures, to the dazzling show rooms of unscrupulous dealers and private collectors - 'Blood Antiques' uncovers one of the most outrageous illegal trades since blood diamonds.  

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We follow one couple's journey through the painful struggle to overcome their 'curse from the gods' and have a baby. A fascinating insight into the big and frightening fertility industry in India whose massive population is continuing to grow. So why do they want more children? Because Indian society is obsessed with kids. This mentality has resulted in a boom in assisted reproduction techniques, fuelled by the promise of defeating the "curse" of infertility.  

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This powerful exclusive is the first film to access the Free Syrian Army's secret labyrinth of caves and also holds a rare interview with the FSA leader. A fascinating insight to how the battle for Syria is being fought.  

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He had just humiliated the US, heading up Wikileaks, the most controversial cyber operation in history. So when Julian Assange arrived in Sweden in August 2010 he was greeted like a conquering hero. But within weeks there was a warrant out for his arrest and he was being investigated for sexual crimes. An investigative exploration of this salacious and strange case, the film gets to the heart of a bizarre tale of international cat and mouse.  

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Everyone is watching their nations strive for success in the London Olympics. But away from the hype, small English towns are playing host to the different teams, experiencing some unlikely cultural exchanges.  

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With the Olympics in full swing, the overwhelming dominance of major multinational corporate sponsors are raising questions about the power that companies such as Coca-Cola and McDonald's exert over the Games.  

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Tucked away in a corner of Beirut, an Armenian family is preparing for the Olympics. In this charming film they show us how their obsession with ping pong has taken them from their small shop to the big Games.  

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One year ago horror struck a quiet Norwegian island, as Anders Breivik gunned down 77 teenagers. This moving report looks at one Kurdish family's experience and how they’ve coped with the aftermath of the tragedy.  

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In 2004 Yasser Arafat suddenly fell mysteriously ill. Doctors from around the world rushed to save him but he died within weeks and ever since it's been an unsolved case. It was convenient timing for Israel and the US who wanted him out of the way. But no investigation followed. This investigative doc made the news worldwide when it recruited forensic scientists and discovered traces of a deadly radioactive poison on his clothes. Was Arafat murdered?  

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The publication of Glenn Carle's account of the CIA's investigation methods has been fraught with controversy. This report discusses the former agent's shocking claims with him and asks why he is speaking out.  

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As countries like Greece and Spain struggle under massive debts that are impoverishing its people, the financial elite around the world are getting richer and richer. This report explores the ever-widening gap.
 

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The publication of Glenn Carle's account of the CIA's investigation methods has been fraught with controversy. This report discusses the former agent's shocking claims with him and asks why he is speaking out.  

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The Kosovan War was grisly and nebulous, with both Serbians and Albanians accused of one sordid atrocity after another. 12 years on, we take a look at a region still living with the legacy of the conflict.  

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Look over the walls of the insular world of nuclear power plants and witness one of humanity’s most compelling struggles. Through startlingly beautiful cinematography this surreal documentary captures the true essence of the technology many see as the only viable energy option for our future. Pushing beyond the public debates, it explores an unpredictable and untameable beast, which demands more from mankind than we can possibly hope to give.  

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Brazil is using innovative strategies in its fight against poverty and violence in Rio's slums. But with a World Cup around the corner and an Olympic games not far behind, are these solutions enough?  

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It is one of the largest ecological disasters in the world. As a bitter dispute over who is at fault rages, this report takes a powerful grassroots look at 50 years of devastation in the Niger Delta.  

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Shadows fall across the narrow streets of Palermo, cloaking the dark hand of the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian Mafia. The Mafia still extort protection money, known as pizzo, from 80% of Sicilian businesses. Failure to pay pizzo means arson or physical attack. We throw open the shutters on this hidden world, where to confront the Mafia can spell death. An explosive mix of police footage, frank testimony and chilling reconstruction.  

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Speed flying – the ability to “ski, launch and land in the mountains” - is fast and furious. Twirling and dancing in the air against the azure blue of the mountain sky, “it's just simple, it's effortless”. Yet the sport comes fraught with danger and instils in its participators the insatiable desire for higher, longer, faster rides.  

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Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has twice been imprisoned after what he calls politically-motivated cases. But he keeps fighting for democracy in a country he brands less democratic than even Burma.  

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While political parties bitterly debate Greece's future in the eurozone, locals are finding their own solutions - one that doesn't rely on the Euro at all. Could the people of Volos have found the answer?  

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In Tunisia, birthplace of the Arab Spring, violence has returned to the streets. This report examines the deep-seated problems that are pushing their inexperienced Islamist government to breaking point.  

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Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali are two giants of the intellectual left. They join Julian to discuss protest movements, democracy, and how the West completely failed to anticipate the Arab Spring.  

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An Australian family cowers in terror as a devastating firestorm sweeps across their land, engulfing their home, killing their neighbours and destroying their town. For those who survived, the years that followed would test them in ways they couldn’t have imagined. This observation of ordinary people responding to an extraordinary event offers a tender insight into mankind’s amazing potential to manage adversity and rise up from despair.  

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With the Olympics just around the corner, not every Londoner is accepting the runaway hyperbole surrounding the city's big sporting carnival. We take a look at both sides of the debate raging in the capital.
 

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Chut Wutty was one of Asia's leading environmental activists until he was mysteriously gunned down in the Cardomom forest. Why was he killed? We investigate a story of corruption, conflict and cover up.  

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Australia's Black Caviar took on Europe's best at Royal Ascot this weekend, resulting in her 22nd consecutive win. This report tells the fascinating inside story of the making of an unbeatable champion.  

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As part of its reforms Burma has been releasing its imprisoned journalists. Their stories offer a glimpse into the frightening world of those who kept going despite torture and regular imprisonment.  

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With youth unemployment at 50%, the elderly losing their assets and ever-growing numbers going hungry, you don't need to wander far on the streets of Athens to witness the impact of Greece's debt crisis.  

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In less than 24 hours, Egypt's ruling military junta has tightened its grip on power. Dealing a crushing blow to the country's transition to civilian rule, it's a move that could see a return to revolution.  

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When former international cricket captain Imran Khan entered politics, neither he nor his party was taken seriously. Today however, he discusses his meteoric rise in Pakistani politics, and the issues driving it.  

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Alexander Lukashenko has held office in Belarus for 18 years, keeping power through torture, murder and kidnap. In the aftermath of the rigged 2010 elections, the regime's brutality has only continued to grow.  

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There’s a hidden world out there that is getting ready to explode: the world of slums. A seething mass of humanity inhabits it; over a billion people. And it is predicted numbers will triple in the next few years. This powerful, eye-opening documentary takes us across three continents to the heart of this new global niche. It’s the largest development in society mankind has ever known and the consequences if this mass of deprived humanity is ignored could be grave.  

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Cocaine Unwrapped is the definitive documentary on the global cocaine industry, tying the blithe recreational use of cocaine to the global realities of its dirty supply chain. With unprecedented access to all the major players in the War on Drugs, from Presidents to drug mules, Cocaine Unwrapped challenges preconceptions and begs compassion.  

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Cocaine Unwrapped is the definitive documentary on the global cocaine industry, tying the blithe recreational use of cocaine to the global realities of its dirty supply chain. With unprecedented access to all the major players in the War on Drugs, from Presidents to drug mules, Cocaine Unwrapped challenges preconceptions and begs compassion.  

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Egypt is headed for a major crisis. Population growth has drastically increased demand for water. In the desert country 80 million are supplied by one river; but how long will it be before the Nile runs dry?  

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With diplomacy failing to break the deadlock between China and other Asian nations over the disputed Spratley Islands, arms dealers have been making a killing in the race for control of the valuable South China Seas.  

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A terrifying war is being fought in the digital second world of modern life. Technology designed to soak up individuals' private communications is in constant development. In the age of cyber surveillance where does the boundary between private and public fall – if it still exists at all?  

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If your children had been snatched by your partner and taken overseas you'd hope the authorities would do everything in their power to retrieve them. But in Japan, the law is on the side of the kidnapper.  

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Israel's gay Palestinian underground. Persecuted in Palestine and called criminals in Israel, gay Palestinians are the silent victims of the conflict. Louie has been hiding in Tel Aviv for ten years, Abdu was tortured and accused of espionage for his relationships with gay Israelis and Louis was almost killed by his family. Where ever they go they live in fear of discovery. Only in Isreael’s gay underground are they at home. Eye opening and revelatory.  

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The Chinese government claims it's making serious efforts to clean up pollution. But as this horrifying report shows, much of their 'success' has involved simply moving their toxic industries out of sight.  

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The climate in Turkey is tense as an expanding civil rights movement, the Enlightenment, calls for justice for thousands of political killings and disappearances. We examine the unsolved crimes and state silence.  

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As the conflict rages on in Syria, there's no let-up to the killing of civilians. Thousands are now risking their lives to escape to countries like Turkey and Lebanon, many of them with horrendous injuries.  

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A terrifying war is being fought in the digital second world of modern life. Technology designed to soak up individuals' private communications is in constant development. In the age of cyber surveillance where does the boundary between private and public fall – if it still exists at all?  

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Ateke Tom, the “Godfather” of the Delta Vigilante Force, and his men attack oil pipelines, kidnap foreigners and make the Niger Delta region a no-go zone. It’s all in a bid for a share of government wealth in this oil-rich region. Meanwhile, in a village caught in the crossfire, 22-year-old Mama struggles to give birth while militants launch raids from across the river. Through close and compelling stories this doc gives a human face to a struggle for survival.  

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Over the last 40 years Bali has gone from being a spiritual, low-key holiday destination to an international tourist hot spot. Now it's stretched to breaking point, with a waste problem that's out of control.
 

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In Assange's most incisive interview to date in his World Tomorrow series President Correa speaks frankly about his nation's relationship with the USA, media corruption and the future of South America.  

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As the government's assault on the Nuba Mountains continues, we bring the first evidence that President Al Bashir, already indicted by the ICC, is employing cluster bombs against innocent civilians.  

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In China's Shanxi province the rate of children born with congenital defects is six times the national average. With many of these infants abandoned, a remarkable figure has embarked on a heartbreaking mission.  

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The Occupy movement has united hundreds of thousands across the world in protest against economic and social injustice. In this episode, key Occupy activists talk global finance, politics, and direct action.  

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Generations of Swiss children lost their childhoods to state-endorsed abuse and forced labour. This shocking report brings us their stories, shedding light on a little-known dark chapter of Swiss history.  

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Every year, for 8 days in July, a herd of massive fighting bulls power down cobbled streets, along with a petrified mass of thrill seekers. The dark beasts roar and skid; men with red bandanas are scattered like skittles. It's all about the primordial thrill of the scariest chase in the world. Years in the making, this sumptuous documentary gets unprecedented access to the Running of the Bulls; the camera so close you smell the fear and hear the snorts of the beasts.  

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Two years after the Gulf of Mexico disaster BP say the area is back in business. But in reality oil is washing up on the beaches, local residents are falling ill and the peak of the crisis is yet to come.  

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In Uganda's conservative society, sexual health is a taboo that contributes to many deaths. But now one young girl from Kampala is breaking the silence with a fast-talking radio show about sex in the city.  

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Last year, Tahrir Square rang out to the sound of violent protests over Mubarak's rule. Now the sound of music can be heard from two troubadours who've taken up performing at the square's tent city protest.  

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This blockbuster of a doc gets inside the drug world with unprecedented access. Travelling from the growers to the drug mules, poverty to prison, cocaine factories in the Colombian jungle, and dealers on the streets of Mexico and Baltimore. It is a fascinating and unusual insight into how the drug world functions. Features exclusive interviews with the political leaders of Latin America and drugs czars on both sides of the Atlantic.  

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Hollande may have won the French elections, but Far Right leader Marine Le Pen attracted record support and is showing no signs of slowing down. So what's next for the party and its controversial ambitions?  

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In the Honduran barrios crime carries a permanent stigma - gang members are indelibly tattooed with their histories of violence. Desperate to escape their past, some have begun a painful path to rehabilitation.  

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Although the Libyan revolution is over, divisions still run dangerously deep in Sirte. Nowhere is this more damaging than in the school playground, where young friends are now sworn enemies.  

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The killing of Trayvon Martin has divided America, raising questions about Florida's controversial 'Stand Your Ground' law. Can justice ever be served on the street? When does self-defence become murder?  

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Worldwide, battles are raging between governments and rebels, drug cartels and gangs. But where do all the weapons come from? In this report the frightening reality of the international arms trade comes to light.  

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This episode takes us to the very heart of America’s War on Terror: Guantanamo Bay. Julian sits down with a former Gitmo prisoner and a rights campaigner, both fighting for those still trapped behind the wire.  

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12-year-old Galaa likes hip-hop and computer games. But he lives in a small yurt on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar. After his father’s death he deals on the local black market to support his family until, caught between modernity and tradition, aspirations and poverty, he decides to become a Lama. Can the monks help this unruly, troubled boy to be a breadwinner? A touching and intimate glimpse into life in Mongolia today, painted with the lightest of strokes.  

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With the 2012 UEFA European Championship upon us, Ukraine finds itself in the world's spotlight. But with its poor human rights record and widespread corruption should it be co-hosting the event?  

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The bloodiest week in Egypt since the football massacres may have dramatically altered its political balance. With shocking footage, this powerful report gets inside the fresh turmoil threatening elections.  

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With the Western world rocked by economic turmoil, we explore an alternative financial system that's secure, stable and has stood the test of time. In Vanuatu, a different approach to money is thriving.  

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Assange, the journalist, comes of age! Following his latest interview with Bahrain's Nabeel Rajab, the activist was arrested. He and Egypt's Alaa Abd El-Fattah spoke powerfully to Assange about the failings of the Arab Spring.  

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677 concentration camps were set up during the Bosnian war in the early nineties. The way the victims and the perpetrators within each community deal with this legacy will determine the country's future. This well-crafted doc shares the viewpoint of each ethnic group through a new generation coming to terms with their toxic past. Living in a Bosnia fighting for EU membership, they’re desperate to find a way to live together for a peaceful tomorrow.  

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Over the last 18 months the middle east has been shaken by a series of revolutionary movements that began in Tunisia. This week Assange speaks to the man running the new Tunisia, President Moncef Marzouki.  

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Italians are buckling up for a very bleak ride into economic gloom and many are asking if everyone is paying their way. Even the previously untouchable Catholic Church's finances are finally under scrutiny.  

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Moroccans have harvested the precious oil of the argan tree for centuries, bringing prosperity to the rural Berber people. But now the insatiable global demand for the oil is threatening this 'tree of life'.  

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In villages across Germany the people have seized power by generating enough renewable energy to supply their needs. But with the government cutting subsidies to small producers will this green revolution run out of steam?  

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The beautiful port city of Marseilles was once a symbol of multiculturalism in France. Now plagued by gangs and crime, it has become central to the heated election debates around immigration and security.  

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As the Egyptian presidential elections begin, two candidates are moving well ahead in the polls. Progressive Islamist Dr. Abel Fotoh and former regime man Amr Moussa are now leading an increasingly close race.  

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Atop a mountain in Southwest Serbia the Jankovic brothers hold the fort in the womanless village of Zabrdje. In a hilarious narrative this well-crafted doc follows the brothers’ quest to bring women back to the once vibrant community. But with no running water or roads, convincing Serbian women is out of the question. Instead they turn their eyes across the border to Albania and extend an olive branch to the women of their old enemy.  

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In the second episode of his ground breaking new series, Julian Assange is joined in house arrest by intellectual superstar Slavoj Zizek, and via satellite by divisive right wing figurehead David Horowitz.
 

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Julian Assange has been under house arrest for 500 days. In that time he has been host to a series of clandestine conversations with some of the world's most controversial people, now broadcasting worldwide.  

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Gaddafi may be gone but Libya is now a country in chaos. Rebel groups are flush with weapons and taking the law into their own hands, persecuting those thought to have been allied to Gaddafi's regime.  

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In the dangerous city of Caracas, people are worshipping dead criminals. Do these flawed figureheads offer genuine comfort to troubled communities or is this unusual spiritualism encouraging more violence?
 

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They can move together in swarms, build towers, dance, throw and catch, assess targets and soon will even make their own decisions. Both in war and at home, drones are developing fast and gaining control.  

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Staring down a sheer precipice into a deep abyss with your head spinning, every fibre in your body tries to resist the edge. Meet the mad men and women who don't. Overcoming their fears, they step off into thin air and fly like birds, hurtling at impossible speeds and gliding low across beautiful, rolling landscapes. A startling, adrenaline-filled insight into the revolutionary new sport that brings the dream of human flight alive.  

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The Taliban have vowed to reclaim their control of Afghanistan and their aggression is growing. This incisive report investigates what a future with the Taliban will really mean for the Afghans.  

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This powerful film goes in search of answers to a 24-year-old mystery. In the only TV interview Megrahi has ever given about his case, he claims new evidence will prove him innocent. Was he wrongly convicted?  

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To the outside world, the Bahamas are an idyllic holiday hotspot, but for its residents, a surge in violent crime is turning these islands into one of the most dangerous places in the Caribbean.  

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A freedom fighter to some, a terrorist to others, it is his first interview in the West since 2006. From a secret location in Lebanon Hassan Nasrallah gives Assange a rare and frank insight into his vision for the future of the Middle East.
 

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Group after group of uniformed Syrian troops proudly display their ID cards as they defect to the Free Syrian Army. This is the inside story of the Syrian uprising, from the kids brutally beaten for challenging the regime to the soldiers stories of the terrible events that lead them to defect. This striking documentary presents a unique insiders' view of a collapsing nation. A shocking and definitive film skilfully blending original footage and dramatic phone recorded images from the front-line.  

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A rare view of the Gaza strip today. Life under the authoritarian rule of Hamas remains dominated by the organisations friction with Fatah and Hamas' strict policies on how the sexes interact.  

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300,000 migrant workers keep Hong Kong's households moving. Now, amid claims they are treated as second class citizens, the city's maids are challenging laws that forbid them from getting permanent residency.  

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Haitham Al Maleh is Syria's father of human rights and top of the regime's hit list. With extraordinary access, this report captures the secret meetings in which he co-ordinates arming the opposition.  

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This crafted doc offers a window into the bygone way of life on a UNESCO protected island off Croatia. Living on rocks carved with the history of two and a half thousand years, life for the people of Trogir is infused with an uninterrupted antiquity. From the fresh washing strung across ancient courtyards, wafting smells of traditional baking, and locals gathered in the shoemaker's shop to chatter, these are lovingly selected sequences reminiscent of a time before cameras existed.  

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Mutated super bugs that could kill millions are being engineered by scientists worldwide. But are their labs secure enough and should bioterrorism fears prevent their research from being published?  

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Bullfighting has long been a male-dominated sport, but a group of women in Portugal are fighting against the tradition. But what's driving this controversial new interest in female bullfighting?  

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The recent massacre of 17 civilians by a rogue US soldier has been shrouded in mystery. But through unprecedented access to those involved, this report confronts the accusations that Bales didn't act alone.  

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In the 90s Bulgaria joined the Eastern Bloc's race for freedom. But as thousands flooded the streets calling for democracy the shadows were giving birth to criminal enterprise. And before anyone could realise, the criminals had taken over the new 'democratic' society. The street gangs dominated, a steel hand of fear was forced on the population. And freedom had come to Bulgaria! They quietly privatised everything in their own interests.  

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Having long been closed off to the outside world, Burma is now lifting the curtain and making staggering democratic reforms. But will the regime really pass power to its people in the upcoming elections?
 

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Cynicism is not new in the US political arena. But several months into the Republican primaries, and with 8 to go, voters are switching off. Is the mudslinging of candidates starting to take its toll?  

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An Indian proverb says raising a daughter is like watering your neighbour's garden and the burden of having girls means many are killed at birth. We follow the difficult lives of those who survive the practice.  

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'Cup of Tea Darling?'. A quintessentially British tale of modern day outlaws. This punchy, adrenaline-fuelled documentary lifts the lid on climate activism and the troublemakers who dare to cross the line. It follows a diverse host of characters (including the tea maker) as they blockade factories and glue themselves to trading floors of international banks. Offering unprecedented access to the secretive world of the UK’s environmental activists.  

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The Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, winner of the 2011 Nobel peace prize, explains why she won't change the law to decriminalise homosexuality.  

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In war-weary Afghanistan women are still sold to pay debts and brutalized by family members. This report exposes the full horror of their plight and introduces the brave women combating the injustice.  

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Reporter Aaron Lewis has been tracking Kony for years. The first Western journalist allowed to join the Ugandan army on the hunt, he revisits his journey in light of the controversial Kony2012 sensation.  

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No country is more nervous about Europe's economic future than Spain. With five million unemployed and property prices plummeting, economists say that unlike Greece, Spain is too big to bail.  

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Some of the Sinai Desert's Bedouin are using their new found freedom to turn to crime. This report reveals how they are using their autonomy to torture and murder Israel-bound refugees for hostage ransoms and even body parts.  

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The Creation Museum in Kentucky has inflamed the bitter debate between believers and atheists in the US. This report gets inside the huge $17 million dollar exhibit and meets its unequivocal preacher.  

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As oil stocks run low, extracting oil from shale, or fracking, is the energy buzz of the year. It's happening worldwide and in 34 states across the USA. But with environmental and health risks, is it worth it?  

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Some of the Sinai Desert's Bedouin are using their new found freedom to turn to crime. This report reveals how they are using their autonomy to torture and murder Israel-bound refugees for hostage ransoms and even body parts.  

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We think of Greece as the most indebted Euro country. In fact Ireland is in as bad a financial situation and still at risk of going bankrupt - the only difference, the Irish didn't go straight out and burn the banks. And neither were they allowed to right off a significant chunk of their debt. This shocking investigation details the full story, from out of control criminal lending practises to brutal austerity measures. At it's core it asks why the ordinary Irish citizen is now responsible for it all?
 

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Around 270,000 Indian cotton farmers have comitted suicide. Why? India has replaced almost all its native varieties of cotton with genetically modified plants. The price of cotton seed has soared from 9 rupees a kilo to a staggering 4,000. We ask growers and seed developer Monsanto if the trade is fair, in a film that cuts to the ugly heart of another staggering tale of GM being forced onto third world markets. A devastating tale of corporate greed.  

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Phnom Penh, the “Wild West of the East”, has a fashion scene with two radically incompatible faces. Cambodia does have a fashion week, but even Filipino designer Don Protasia admits to its irrelevance. Under his strict instructions to “look stoned”, the gagged models, dressed in black, drag their feet along the slowest-ever catwalk, for the entertainment of the “Khmer Riche” – the new urban elite, sons and daughters of government ministers. There’s slightly more life in the afterparty, dominated by transvestites smeared in fake blood, making vampiric lunges at expats’ throats.  

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If you’re looking for an ethical fashion experience in Medellin, Colombia, you aren’t faced with many options. Moda Colombia and Moda para el Mundo take place in a single week – the first suffering from the noxious Western trend of starvation-chic, and the second languishing under the influence of “narco-beauty”, a hangover from the heyday of drug lord Pablo Escobar. Under this rigorous aesthetic regime, women must be hourglass-shaped – and, by silent implication, “surgically enhanced”.  

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If Charles Dickens had written a novel about the Lagos fashion scene, he couldn’t have chosen better names for his characters: there is Justice the Christian zealot, Blessed the hairdresser, Mr Perfect the choreographer, and the grand master of ceremonies, Lexy Mojo-Eyes.  

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For one week only, fashion-mad Pakistanis take shelter from Sharia Law in a hotel basement, in a dangerously ankle-baring celebration of style. High-security and equally hi-camp, Islamabad Fashion Week is perhaps the only event of its kind that literally takes place underground, since last year’s event in Karachi was marred by military attack.  

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Fashions change in unexpected ways, but right now the Las Vegas lingerie scene is following a steady trend: it’s simply shrinking. Anything that covers up too much “just doesn’t sell any more.”  

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Irina is the sister of imprisoned Belarussian presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov. Through her eyes this doc charts the violent crackdown that followed the 2010 rigged elections and its dreadful aftermath. Award-winning photography captures Orwellian images of brute force used against unarmed men and women. We see the torture, murder and kidnap that defines Belarus today. A rare glimpse into Europe's most repressive state.  

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Look out, New York Fashion Week – just a few blocks away, there’s a legion of real women with real curves, coming to kick your cadaverous ass. The traditional half-starved model has just enough force to make it down the runway and back. But the runway at Full-Figured Fashion Week is more vibrant than the Broadway stage. Even if a model trips and falls in her stilettos (something that would cause most skinny models to break down and cry) it’s just a cue for a bit of floor-level hip-shaking.  

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It’s Fashion Week again: the annual reappearance of the well-trodden catwalks in New York, Paris, London and Milan prompts hyperventilation among fashion journalists, and tired sighs of déjà-vu from everyone else. But in this new series, VICE’s Charlet Duboc tracks down the runways less-travelled, to investigate six of the world’s little-known Fashion Weeks – where fashion still has the power to shock.  

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With the Costa Concordia disaster dominating the news another problem facing the cruise industry is being forgotten: the disappearance of nearly 200 people from international liners in the last ten years.  

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On the 11th of March last year Japan's worst ever natural disaster killed almost 20,000 people. This report reveals the controversy surrounding it and the pain of rebuilding under the fear of radioactivity.  

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Since the US pulled out of Iraq, the country has been chaotic. Contrary to what the US are saying, mass poverty, clashes between Sunnis and Shiites and political corruption are tearing the nation apart.  

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Married at 15, Zainabu already has 9 children. Living in a small hut in Sierra Leone, she struggles to provide for them. Now she is going against traditional views of family planning to change their future.  

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Military coups and violent protests are not what you'd associate with the Maldives. However, on this island paradise a lethal cocktail of wealthy businessmen, Islamic hardliners and corruption lie behind the coup.
 

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Behind a nation being rapidly developed and globalized lies a society where religion, superstition and old traditions still validate sex trafficking. This report exposes the sordid Devadasi tradition.  

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On the island of Texel the strangest things wash up on the shore. From a flood of messages in bottles to a shipload of fur coats, a combination of location and tides means the islanders have seen it all.  

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With Greece given a new 130 billion Euro bailout package, this report looks at the human fallout of the country's crisis. It finds a people struggling to survive under a crippling regime of austerity.  

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The UN estimates 3000 were killed in the Khmer Rouge Po Chrey massacre. But journalist Thet Sambath tracked down several perpetrators for the first time and discovered the truth is much more alarming.  

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On the eve of the 2012 Olympics, this critical portrait of East London explores the transformation of the area from a marginal, working class community to a vibrant cultural hotspot, about to take the world's centre stage. With a lyrical cinematic style that oscillates between compelling imagery and gripping interviews, it explores the conflicts and hopes of East Londoners in the midst of the Olympic Propaganda Campaign, asking: what happens after the Games?
 

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While most of Europe is mired in financial crisis, the German state of Bavaria is booming. As exports rise and unemployment reaches a 20-year low, they wonder why the Greeks can't follow their lead.  

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As a stream of people pass by, how do you tell which ones have drugs in their stomach? This report offers a stark insight into the world of airport security, as they sift the drug mules from the tourists.  

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In the town of El Alberto, a bizarre new attraction lets tourists simulate illegal border crossing between Mexico and the US. Is this socially-conscious tourism or inadvertent training for illegal immigrants?  

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Fresh and funny, this is an African travelogue as you've never seen it before. Travelling 20,000 km in the world's cheapest car across its poorest continent, this doc is all about big dreams and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Without backup vehicles and no guarantee of a happy ending, 2 Trabants, armed with 2 strokes and 2 cylinders each, take an irreverent and mishap-filled journey, all the way from Libya to the Cape of Good Hope.  

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With gambling in China illegal, Hong Kong and Macau have become the premier destinations for Chinese gamblers. In China gambling has long been part of life, but with a society increasingly divided by rich and poor, the Chinese have become obsessed with winning easy money. As they pin their hopes on games of luck and fortune, four larger-than-life gamblers bring us on an emotional search for belief and identity in money-centric modern China.  

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Prozac Nation has given birth to a generation of messed-up kids. Children in the West are routinely diagnosed as depressed, hyperactive or bipolar, and systematically plied with powerful drugs. In the US alone, it's a market worth $130 000 per second. But if we were allowed access to proper information, would we really be doling these pills out like sweets, to get our troubled children off our nerves?  

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One woman is busy making choices for her family, the other is busy surviving from one day to the next. This comparative tale from one city exemplifies the economic impact of access to modern contraception.  

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The Fairtrade logo has become a global symbol of ethical trade and is growing in popularity. But is it just a marketing ploy, doing more for the image of the shops than the three million farmers supplying them?  

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The economic transformation of China has been electrifying. But with Europe teetering and the US plodding, can the biggest tiger of all keep on roaring? China's super-rich certainly think they can.
 

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In Syria, not even hospitals provide sanctuary from the carnage any more. And in the city of Homs, amid the brutal clashes, the strategic importance of hospitals has made them a direct target for attack.  

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The vast and spectacular wilderness of Patagonia has lain unchanged for centuries. But as a large-scale hydroelectricity scheme looks set to transform it beyond recognition, the legendary gaucho ranchers and unique wildlife may disappear forever. It's all in the name of progress and the increasing demand for cheaper alternatives to costly and damaging fossil fuels. But must progress come at such a cost?  

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'On the streets, they call it Devils Breath because it steals your soul'. In Bogata, Colombia, Vice investigates what is perhaps the most dangerous drug in existence.

 

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EXCLUSIVE: Public outrage over the Port Said massacre is boiling on the streets of Cairo. With filming only completed yesterday we follow protesters battling the regime they accuse of engineering the football massacre.
 

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For 70 years, Ron Miller's family have been custodians of a diary found abandoned during the Second World War. Now, the diary is finally being returned to its author, a 96 year old Italian, Alberto Toni.  

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The West says Iran is making a nuclear bomb. Tehran says they're treating cancer. This compelling investigation gets right to the heart of the maelstrom, interrogating facts, falsehoods and shocking allegations.  

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Follow us on a curious adventure to Kyrgystan, where bride kidnapping is a proud tradition. As women struggle to preserve their autonomy, the controversial practice is seeing a surge in popularity.  

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As Sunni-led violence returns to Iraq we take a look at life in the Sunni heartland of Tikrit. The population are deeply unhappy with the Shia government and are blaming their troubles on its rampant corruption.  

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Whitewater kayaking is one of the most adrenaline-filled Olympic sports. In the highlands of Scotland, we get a stunning HD insight into what it is like to brave the tumultuous rapids and steep waterfalls.  

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February 2011, and the Arab Spring is in full swing. International TV cameras are lapping up events in Cairo and Tunis, celebrating the overthrow of one despotic regime after another. But out of sight, in Bahrain, another uprising is underway. Foreign journalists are banned from this island kingdom, but unknown to the ruling Khalifa family, one undercover crew were capturing the horrific carnage of a revolution forgotten by the world.  

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India's tribal Adivasi population are struggling for survival against the forces of economic growth. This devastating report examines the challenges they face, and the ways the tribes are rising to meet them.  

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Protests have continued on an unprecedented scale and internet activists have awakened a politicised middle class. But with its bloody history, can a Russian revolution cut through the Kremlin's iron grip?  

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In Southern Italy, the illegal dumping of industrial toxic waste has become a big business for the Naples mafia. As the trade continues, the environment continues to suffer and the death toll rises.  

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From a segregated childhood in Alabama to becoming the most powerful woman in the world, Condoleezza Rice cuts an extraordinary and enigmatic figure. This incisive documentary tells a mesmerising Faustian tale of a woman whose pursuit of power destroyed her core values and rocketed America into a fateful new direction. Leading her own defence through a series of candid interviews, this is political biography like no other.  

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Despite widespread upheaval across the Arab world and the ongoing statehood bid to the UN by the Palestinian National Authority, little has changed for those living under occupation in the West Bank.  

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Welcome to the dirtiest place on Earth! Breathing the air in Linfen in China for a day is like smoking three packets of cigarettes. This shocking report reveals why Climate Change may be here to stay.  

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In the slums of Manila, a determined group of women are literally turning rags to riches. In a city where the gap between rich and poor is clear to see, this pioneering new project brings the two closer together.  

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On March 11th 2011 Japan woke up to a new and very frightening world. Through the eyes of the bright, smart young children who managed to survive the terrible disaster we see the pain-tinged environment in which they have to forge their futures. From the child who has forgotten how to speak to the eight-year-old who wants to become a radiation researcher. It is in turns a touching and horrifying vision of Japan's tsunami generation.  

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As global preparations for the London 2012 Olympics hot up, this beautifully shot report follows the Belgian athletics team on their extreme training - on the frozen wastes of an Icelandic glacier.  

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We take a madcap look at one of the weirdest experiments of globalisation: North Korea's deceased leader Kim Jong-Il exporting his people and propaganda machine to Russia in a bid for cold, hard cash.
 

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Colourful, hygienic and nicely packaged: supermarket food is the same wherever you go in the world. But the packaging often contains dangerous toxins that can enter the food chain and pose serious health risks.  

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Laced with a refreshing self-irony, this doc is a tour-de-force story of lesbian love. Provocative animated sequences, colourful archive and a dynamic soundtrack lead an intelligent exploration of life as a lesbian in Denmark. Travel from the secrecy of the straight-laced 1950s to the gender-bending queer community; from a nuclear family with two mums to the summer camps waging war on make-up and men; and finally to Ena, a Muslim and pro MC of 'Fagget Fairy', doing battle with prejudice.
 

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In South Africa abortion and discourse on sexuality are cultural taboos. But now one woman is striving to break this trend and raise awareness of the rising number of deaths caused by unsafe abortion.
 

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First protesters accuse the government of tyranny, now they have taken to the streets to support the embattled PM. This report explores the constitutional changes that have driven Budapest into chaos.
 

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People smugglers are usually seen as heartless profiteers who exploit the weak. But, as this report shows, some smugglers are also regarded as saviours for many of those desperately fleeing their homeland.  

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Tracey and Taylor are yelling at each other in the kitchen. Doors slam, tears flow. The scene is familiar to anyone who has ever been a teenager, or raised one. But not every mother is a Hollywood scriptwriter with a film crew in tow capturing everything. This revealing, fly-on-the-wall portrait of a daughter and mother unflinchingly focuses on the uncomfortable truths that both must address if they have any hope of a better future. Fascinating and timely.  

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The Occupy movement has become the largest global social movement in recent history and shows no sign of slowing down. But do the protests really have the potential to alter the course of world politics?  

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As the occupation of the Egyptian cabinet continues, hopes of a peaceful transition to democracy are becoming increasingly unrealistic as military thugs are turning Cairo's streets into a raging battle ground.
 

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For decades America's evangelical Christians have been vigorously promoting their faith, enjoying a place in the mainstream of politics and society. But now the country's atheists are fighting back.  

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This shocking report exposes the routine and sadistic torture the Syrian military has used on prisoners despite Assad refuting claims that his government is waging a brutal crackdown.  

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Egypt's tattered economy has reduced the newly-appointed PM to tears and protesters are increasingly divided. Yet some have vowed to continue fighting even if the recent elections have reduced their numbers.  

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Pierantonio Costa is the Schindler of the Rwandan genocide. He saved almost two thousand people during those infamous days of terror and bloodshed where almost a million lives were lost. Risking his life every single time, he travelled in and out of the country, using his own money to get people across the border to safety. This beautifully made film pays tribute to the courage of a man who until now has been an unsung hero.  

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For 10 years war has been waged against extremism and the Taliban, but this war didn't start with 9/11: it's been going on for 30 years. This eye-opening documentary travels inside Pakistan, one of the most dangerous countries in the world, in search of who exactly is pulling the strings and what their ambitions really are.  

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In Eastern Europe, countries such as Poland, Russia and Georgia are still emerging from a past of repression and intolerance. Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new generation is determinedly paving the way for better human rights and democracy. This film is a vital account of their journey as they learn what it means to live in freedom, featuring groundbreaking cases from the European Court of Human Rights in three post-Soviet countries.  

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In Argentina football is akin to religion, with each team supported by a hardcore group of fans: Baras Bravas. But rather than friendly rivalry, these gangs bring crime and violence to the beloved sport.
 

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They're the bad boys of high finance, burning millions, sometimes billions of our cash. But are rogue traders just maverick loners, or a product of a high-rolling banking culture that's out of control?  

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A provocateur, a rebel, a performer and notorious anarchist, Norman Mailer never stopped giving people something to talk about. Containing never-seen-before material, this shocking documentary goes beyond the Mailer of the bookshelves and bestseller lists to reveal Mailer the social critic, filmmaker, family man and lover, giving a rare and unique insight into the life of a complex, intellectual man and villainous hero.  

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The Arab Revolution is knocking at Israel's door. With the situation in its neighbouring countries intensifying, this increasingly tense and isolated country is looking at a future shrouded in uncertainty.  

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For many the Mormon faith is synonymous with antiquated doctrines like polygamy, but with two now running for US presidency this report gets inside the community to see what Mormonism really means.  

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Nuon Chea, or 'Brother Number 2' of the Khmer Rouge, was one of Pol Pot's most infamous deputies. We bring you a series of shocking interviews; the only time he has told the true story of his time in power.  

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After being torn apart by civil war, the Chinese are now investing billions of dollars into Angola. But while its cities are being transformed, divisions are being created which are leaving Angolans far behind.  

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Speaking from a window overlooking the chaos in Tahrir square, Major Tamer Samir Badr, an army defector, claims that many Egyptian army officers have been secretly attending the protests in civilian clothes.
 

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In a rare glimpse behind the scenes, Around the World and Back Again recaps on this year’s amazing programs and the journey it took to create them. From run-ins with China’s secret police to illness and personal dramas, this documentary unravels a hidden story as compelling as those the journalists set out to tell.  

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As the Arab Spring swept across numerous countries, the world's media have overlooked another Arab nation that has also been crying out for change. Will Morocco lead the next wave of uprisings?  

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Asbestos illness is a largely unrecognised health issue in India, but with a booming industry and growing imports an epidemic is imminent. This report reveals why this deadly product is making a comeback.  

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This report gets up close with the Free Syrian Army, crossing the border from Lebanon on a mission to topple the Assad regime; the new frontline of the Middle East's most strategically vital uprising.  

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The easy oil is gone. The age of the tar sands has begun. Yet as a pristine wilderness and a native people are being wiped out to feed the world's hunger for energy, what no one expected was for them to fight back. From the scientist whose research could ban the tar sands to director James Cameron's dramatic intervention, this shocking documentary is a journey through the David and Goliath struggle playing out within the major environmental issue of our age.  

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Thanks to China's exploding economic development a new generation of ethnic Tibetans are feeling the winds of change. The boom is approaching Shangri-La and the locals are getting ready for new opportunities.  

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This shocking report has already been forcing change at the highest levels of Swiss politics. Travelling to Indonesia, it reveals the brutal roots of the world's luxury reptile skin industry.  

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After suffering the highest instance of drug-related deaths in all Europe, Portugal took a brave decision and decriminalised all drugs. Ten years on, is it a success story for other nations to follow?  

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In their recent elections Tunisians handed significant power to an Islamic party that promises to respect democracy and tolerance. But can this volatile mix of religion and politics create stability?  

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The Obedient Wives Club demands that women satisfy their husbands' needs, according to the Koran. Arguing that women should be always submissive, the group is facing allegations of promoting domestic abuse.  

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All over the world neighbours are at war with each other. In Denmark the government employs an army of officials to break up the backyard slagging matches and this doc joins them for the hilarious ride. Follow them through the complex and bitter disputes that erupt over noisy dogs and slaughtered shrubs. And, as the bizarre and paradoxical relationships of the neighbours are revealed, we discover what fences really mean to us and how friends become enemies.
 

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After a repressive history, Uruguay's left-wing government is paving the way for a new generation of digital-savvy, globalised nationals by being the first country to give every child their own laptop.  

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The festering issue of the Falkland's sovereignty was high on Kirchner's agenda when she met Obama in Cannes last week. As tensions escalate, this report examines the likelihood of a renewed conflict.  

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A tyrannical government, violence on the streets and bodies piling up in the morgue. The revolution may have come and gone, but with the army filling the void left by Mubarak little has changed in Egypt.  

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Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmad Arnous answers critics of the regime.  

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The 'kill-capture' campaign is one of the most controversial and secretive strategies of the Afghan conflict. This year alone 11,000 insurgents have been killed or captured. Its proponents claim that it has been successful, but several missions have gone horribly wrong, killing local leaders and civilians. This doc investigates how the covert strategy was developed, how it is being implemented and asks the question: is it doing more harm than good?  

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With Libya finally liberated from Gaddafi, exiled figures like Mansour el Kikhia are now free to come home. But with a transitional government taking its first tentative steps, the road ahead will not be easy.  

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Quite where the Burry Man tradition comes from nobody really knows any more. But John Nicolls is prepared to go to painful lengths to ensure it's not completely forgotten.  

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Despite forcibly threatening any nation that intervenes in Syria, the government continues to complain about the foreign media's biased allegations. This striking report tries to cover their side of the story.  

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As Western aid groups leave Somalia, Al Qaeda is apparently filling the void, handing out milk, dates, money and Korans. But their plan to send refugees back to their famine-hit homes could spell disaster.  

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In 1968 the abused, neglected and repressed American Indian people fought back. From the depths of despair Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM), led his people into confrontation with the government and changed their lives forever. A stirring account of the forgotten Indian civil rights movement, this documentary recounts not only the struggle but also depicts the terrible repression they endured.  

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This compelling report investigates the dirty secret our governments would like to keep hidden from us: their insidious use of developing countries as a dumping ground for our toxic e-waste.
 

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As a landmark case against the government brings maternal healthcare to the fore of Ugandan politics, we follow one clinic that has always offered unbiased treatment to the country's most vulnerable women.  

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As the Occupy protests spread around the globe and gain momentum their potential still remains unclear. We get to the heart of the movement and ask whether this time financiers can ignore such a huge outcry.  

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What do you do when you're a journalist with an editor demanding an exclusive story for the front page? At News of the World you employed a foul-mouthed private investigator with a criminal record to steal the information you needed. As this investigative documentary shows, the News of the World had for many years operated an industrial-scale phone hacking enterprise to get their scoops, hacking even into the phone of a 13-year-old murder victim.  

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Attacks from the Taliban continue to terrorise Afghanistan a decade after the invasion. With the US withdrawal scheduled for 2014, what hope is there after 10 years of Operation Enduring Freedom?  

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Holland was once renowned for its inclusive society. Yet growing tension with its Muslim minority and the rise of Geert Wilders has changed that. Is he protecting an open society, or inspiring terrorists?  

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Behind Naples' glossy facade of aristocratic heritage and cosmopolitan culture lies a city plagued by criminality and a dwindling economy. Heavily reliant on tourism, the locals are feeling the strain.  

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This intimate and engaging documentary from independent filmmaker Kevin Harris, cuts to the heart of modern-day Zimbabwe; peeling away the many layers & examining the differing realities that make up this complex society.  

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In the dawn hours of the 21st of March 1960, Robert Sobukwe left his home in Soweto and began the 5km walk to Orlando Police Station. In so doing, he was putting into action his nation-wide call for a decisive non-violent campaign against South Africa’s 'pass laws'.  

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In November 2010 Burma held its first democratic election in 20 years. The gererals in power wanted us to believe that it represented a historic step towards democracy but this report, which was secretly filmed by exiled media group 'Democratic Voice of Burma', highlights how this was not the case.  

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Building 173 in downtown Shanghai has witnessed three quarters of a century of the most dramatic upheaval in Chinese history. It is stolen property. It has also been the scene of a murder and a target for thugs. In this intimate doc, its residents tell of how violent changes whirled around the apartment block, seeped in through the doors and windows, changing everything from the building's facade to the lives of those within.
 

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Since Julian Assange's trial began his organisation has fallen apart. This report uncovers the story behind Wikileaks' dramatic and chaotic descent into crisis. Is this the end for the whistleblower?  

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Whilst most European economies are crumbling under the debt crisis one country is bucking the trend, proving that austerity measures can simultaneously inspire growth and make a nation proud.  

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In Compton, one of Los Angeles' roughest neighbourhoods, a game of cricket is the last thing you would expect to see. Yet some young gang members are hanging up their guns and playing by the rules.  

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When Lebanese PM, Rafic Hariri, was assassinated in 2005 his death rocked Lebanon and sparked international outrage. Four men are now indicted but the explosive investigation remains mired in controversy.  

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Zeinab made global headlines when her decapitated body was handed to her family by Syrian authorities. This report offers insight into the regime's targeting of innocent family members to get activist suspects.  

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The Dutch Burgher community occupy a unique place in modern Sri Lanka. Once a privileged class, their exalted status vanished on independence. Despite this, a small group stayed. Their story is a fascinating insight into the wicked and glamorous world of colonialism and its legacy.  

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Michael Jackson’s concert at Moscow’s Luzhniki Open Arena made him the first international pop star to play in the post-Soviet Russian Federation. Only two years earlier, his music would have been banned. The Moscow Case tells two stories. The first is that of a city and culture adjusting itself to post-Communist liberalisation; the second is of a vulnerable man, childlike and introverted.  

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In South Africa it is grassroots projects that are spearheading the fight against the country's AIDS epidemic. We enter the day-to-day world of these groups and discover a committed army of activists taking the disease head-on. From an orphanage for abandoned children suffering with AIDS to a grandmothers' support group, this doc offers an invaluable overview of the spectrum of the AIDS crisis in South Africa today.
 

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Ten years after the beginning of American payback following 911 Iraq looks back with confusion. They had no truck with Al Qaeda but today their country is ruined, one repressive regime gone and another in its place.  

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Japan has always been energy hungry and addicted to nuclear power. Yet the tsunami washed away old certainties and there's a growing, ground-level wave of anger about the way the nuclear industry operates.
 

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A tour of cinema in the strangest parts of the world! Bringing us inside the most dysfunctional film communities around, it reveals everything you didn't know about film but will soon want to. We go to North Korea where Kim Jong Il's film obsession is exposed, find out why Iranian film is booming and try to figure out what Narco Cinema is.  

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A worldwide celebration of creativity featuring 80 of the world's most exciting young artists, both famous and infamous. They reveal their inspirations and de-construct their work, taking us inside how they were shaped and what they mean. This engaging series is a fascinating window into the minds of top artists like Michael Stipe, Mark Ronson and Spike Jonze.  

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Come inside the worldwide snowboarding community and meet the iconic heroes of the early mid-nineties. Featuring phenomenal snowboarding videos as well as in-depth interviews and profiles of the legends from that era, it offers you an all-round insight into the formative years of one of the world's most popular snow sports.  

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An in-depth look at the people and inventions changing the wiry face of technology, from America to Ghana and everywhere in between. Motherboard provides an insight into the wacky imaginations and technological creations of the people who are dragging humanity into the 21st Century.  

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As the walls close in around Murdoch, this shocking doc exposes the true extent of the industrial-scale corruption at the heart of the News of the World. Behind the hacking scandal lay decades of criminality.  

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Get the inside track on the most bizarre musical trends shaping the world today. Vice spans the globe on an endless quest for good tunes and the weird and sordid scenes that surround them. This gripping series brings you straight to the heart of the cultural phenomena dictating the latest vogue.  

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Discover the fashion world's hidden secrets on a global tour of the wackiest trends and the industry's most creative minds. From models covered in mating ladybirds to Mexico's fantastically pointed boots, you've never seen fashion quite like this before.  

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Since the massacre in 1995, when 8,000 Bosnians were massacred by Serbian soldiers, Srebrenica has been a city divided by its past. Amidst rampant corruption, a new, predominantly Serbian generation, unburdened by the regrets of war, is trying to bring their community back together. But is it possible against the backdrop of a political system based on division and fear?

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Far from locking up prisoners and throwing away the key, Greenland's authorities give inmates the keys to their own cells. Is this a revolutionary approach to crime control, or just irresponsible?  

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With peace talks going nowhere, Palestinians and their supporters are trying a new, non-violent, tactic to force Israel off their land. But will grassroots commercial boycotts really be the answer?  

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Energy resources may be running out, but activists are determined to resist the extraction of natural gas through 'fracking'. We explore why fracking has exploded onto the scene and is so contentious.  

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As the NTC besieges Sirte it appears to be the end for the pro-Gaddafi forces. Through the eyes of one fighter we look back at the push on Tripoli and see the hope for a new Libya that drives them on.  

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Ten years ago Yousef left his home and family in Palestine in search of a better life in San Francisco. Now he returns to Palestine with the aim of bringing his family back to the US. But on his arrival Yousef is confronted by antipathy for America and rejection of the Western culture he has embraced. He faces a difficult decision; to bring his reluctant family back to America, or to stay with them in Palestine and in poverty.  

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Deep in the Colombian countryside years of conflict have left the people without books, let alone the internet. But one man and his donkey are bringing books to children and healing a wounded nation.  

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When Christchurch inventor Glenn Martin announced to the world he had built a Jetpack he was mocked and ridiculed. This report will make all doubters question their laughter.  

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Climate Change is stripping the ice from the Arctic and has environmentalists worried. But the big oil companies who are lining up to exploit the North Sea's big oil fields see it as a golden ticket.  

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Stories from the world of Politics commonly feature anecdotes of sex and drugs. However, what is most revealing about this interview with prostitute Natalie Rowe, is how News of the World became involved.  

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A new political movement of young, second generation Israeli settlers are striving for new relations with their Palestinian neighbours. They are not only in favour of a Palestinian State; they even want to live in it.  

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The Guinness World of Records contains the most bizarre human achievements imaginable. But who are the crazy people behind the feats? From the grape catchers, to the hula hoopers and the ‘jogglers’, this humorous, but strikingly insightful documentary introduces us to the colourful characters who devote their lives to the oddest frontiers of human excellence. A delightfully eccentric human odyssey that is not to be missed.  

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China's remote Bama County is home to a significant number of the worlds oldest people but what is their secret and what's it about this region that brings such longevity? Could their be clues for us mere mortals?  

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In a rural Indian village, four women make videos highlighting their marginalisation in society. In so doing, they create a compelling film where the roles of director and subject merge. Raw and heartwarming.
 

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When the Good Friday Agreement was signed 13 years ago, there were finally hopes for peace after years of violence. But a new upsurge in violence has many worried about the return of hard-core nationalism.  

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As Papua New Guinea's precious forests are destroyed the traditional forest dwellers find themselves in an unenviable position. They soon find themselves forced to rely on the very companies destroying their lives.  

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The US elections may still be a year away, but the fight for the White House has already begun. Barack Obama's popularity is waning, but the ultra-conservative Tea Party remains firmly on the rise.  

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Today, stem cells are heralded as a miraculous product of the human body, able to cure a number of killer diseases, from leukaemia to Alzheimer's. Big corporations across the globe are persuading nervous parents to privately store their offspring's stem cells, touting it as the only way to ensure a safe future for their family. But where is the line drawn between reality and wishful thinking?  

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This mile-a-minute documentary records the mayhem of Mexico's drug war, as bullets fly and law and order collapse. Gun-slinging criminals come face to face with 40,000 soldiers and we're on the ground to see it all. Dead bodies, gangsters with state-of-the-art weapons and out-of-control soldiers populate the scenes in this action packed thriller.  

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In Pakistan veils hide one of the country's most terrible secrets. Driven by revenge, jealousy, obsession or sexual non co-operation, some men subject their wives to horrific attacks with the acid that has become freely available in the country. Completely disfigured, the victims are often ostracized by their friends and families and become prisoners in their own homes. This chilling doc is a terrifying insight into the shattered lives of these women.  

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"Bring me the limbs of an albino and you will become rich", the witch-doctor commands. And his patients obey: in Tanzania, albinos are the victims of a manhunt driven by superstition, murdered and mutilated by bounty hunters. A horror trade of human limbs has been set up and is spreading like wildfire into neighboring countries. They are the Zeru Zeru, the Nobodies, the Ghosts.  

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Lee Ielpi is a retired NYC firefighter whose son, also a firefighter, was killed on 9/11. Ten years on this powerful report revisits the site of the disaster and vividly captures Lee's ten years of hurt.  

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The gruesome murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher fascinated and shocked the world at the same time. But has justice been served or has the notorious Italian justice system locked up the wrong person?  

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The rate and scale of forest clearing in Sumatra by big paper producers approaches ecological Armageddon as swathes of precious natural habitats are destroyed, creating devastating levels of greenhouse emissions.  

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On 9/11 Jim Riches was travelling across the Brooklyn Bridge as he saw the second WTC tower collapse. With that he knew his son, a fellow firefighter, was dead. Ten years later he remembers the day.
 

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Six months on, and the somber remains of a building which took 116 lives conitnues to lie visible, a persistant reminder of the tragedy that enveloped Christchuch. This report looks at the true aftershocks of disaster.  

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Dr Tertius is a successful plastic surgeon at the centre of a happy family. But then he leaves the safety of his private practice to volunteer on a hospital ship and in so doing loses his sheltered life forever. Compelled by the poverty he has seen, Tertius throws himself into providing life-changing medical services to the poorest of Africa's people. A small boy gets the surgery he needs to walk again but his doctor has sacrificed all to make it happen. Moving and compelling.
 

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After climbing an electricity pylon in search of a bird's nest, William woke up in hospital to find that both his arms had been amputated. This touching report follows his determined recovery in rural SA.  

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As the famine crisis intensifies, Dadaab has become the world's biggest refugee camp. Uncovering the plight of the malnourished waiting to enter these camps, this report reveals a disaster in waiting.  

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Prison food is something that most of us would happily live without trying. Yet in the culinary heartland of Italy a restaurant at a Tuscan jail is so popular that diners need to book months in advance.

 

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Millions of people are still feeling the devastating after-effects of Japan's earthquake and tsunami. We investigate the problems and the daily challenges of life in Japan today.  

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After five months of battle it seemed like the fight for Libya might never relent, but it’s final conclusion swept in unexpectedly fast with Tripoli falling to the rebels in only two days. The historic occasion ushered in varied reactions across Libya.  

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The volatility of the world stock markets is fueling more uncertainty about the prospect of another global recession. With politicians squabbling over how to reduce debt, the mood in the US is decidedly edgy.  

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Max Kennedy is a Minuteman, one of the many American vigilantes who patrol the border with Mexico. Hunting down illegal immigrants, the Minutemen live a gritty existence in the desert. They do it from a belief that they are at the frontline of a war to save their country. Yet within Max lies a great conflict; a sympathy for the Mexicans, who he feels are destroying his country. Casting a penetrating light on the US-Mexico border issue, Max's story is a telling insight into human trafficking, first-world poverty and right-wing hate politics.  

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When an earthquake destroyed Christchurch in February the CTV building was reduced to rubble in seconds, killing hundreds. This report assesses disturbing allegations that the building was fatally flawed.  

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Ballet might not seem like the typical therapy for war-ravaged civilians, but in this moving report we see what a difference a dance can make in some of the world's most troubled regions.  

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Little over a month ago South Sudan celebrated its independence. But with widespread poverty and conflict with the North over oil-rich Abyei looming, building a new nation is not proving an easy task.  

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As rebel forces engulf Tripoli and Gaddafi's regime looks set to finally crumble, we bring you an extensive and unique archive of reports covering every angle of the dictator's 42-year rule.  

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Or 'Coming out of the Closet' as it means in Cameroon, is a criminal offence for the country's homosexuals. But Alice, a bold and intrepid lawyer, is standing alone against a wall of vitriol to defend them. Rejected by their families and imprisoned by their government, the brave individuals that Alice defends can only lead half lives in their own country. This heartbreaking documentary exposes their desperate plight and search for acceptance.  

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After months of negotiation, this report secured an exclusive and rare interview with Burma's Suu Kyi. A powerhouse of ideas, she explains her vision for Burma and her relationship with the government.  

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Up in the mountains of Bhutan a mysterious grub-turned-mushroom is fueling a high-altitude rush for richness. Worth up to $80,000 per kilo, scientists believe it may be the miracle cure to change medicine.  

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For thousands of refugees, reaching Greece means a chance of a better life. But in a country in crisis, without enough jobs for its own citizens, new arrivals are facing another violent battle for survival.  

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The UK is in turmoil after last week's riots brought several cities to their knees. As politicians and police enter a blame game, communities have come together in their thousands to reclaim the streets.  

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In Northern Ghana a woman's future can be determined by the way a chicken dies. Here it takes little more than an accusation and a dubious ceremony to establish that a woman is a witch. The result is devastating: they are expelled from their communities and with nowhere else to turn, must take refuge in the 'witches' camps'. Painful experience and insight come together to create an intimate record of the lives of women ostracized from their communities. Their incredible stories bring home the astonishing reality of modern day witches.  

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In Northern Ghana a woman's future can be determined by the way a chicken dies. Here it takes little more than an accusation and a dubious ceremony to establish that a woman is a witch. The result is devastating: they are expelled from their communities and with nowhere else to turn, must take refuge in the 'witches' camps'. Painful experience and insight come together to create an intimate record of the lives of women ostracized from their communities. Their incredible stories bring home the astonishing reality of modern day witches.  

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In Ethiopia, one of the hungriest countries in the world, small farmers and communities are being moved off their land as international agribusinesses take over large swathes of fertile farmland.  

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In this report we bring you the first al-Shabaab interview with a Western news organisation since the UN declared famine in Somalia. They claim there is no crisis, but shocking images tell the real story.  

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Alaska’s rich waters are famous for their plentiful supply of fish. But now overfishing is threatening to destroy this precious ecosystem.