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1. DocArchive: Elegy for the Tech

   

   Award winning poet Fred D’Aguiar is head of creative writing at Virginia Tech, the scene of a m... (570 days ago)

2. DocArchive: A Dollar a Day - China

   

   China is on track to meeting the Millennium Development Goal of halving Dollar-a-day poverty. But... (575 days ago)

3. DocArchive: Call me Nana

   

   More than 65,000 grandparents in Canada are raising their grandchildren on their own, turning the... (575 days ago)

4. DocArchive: The Message from China

   

   Dr Anne-Marie Brady from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand investigates how the Chinese... (577 days ago)

5. DocArchive: Simpson Returns to China - part 2

   

   John Simpson meets the ladies cracking down on spitting in Beijing before the Olympics and chats ... (579 days ago)

6. DocArchive: The Grass is Greener

   

   Why do Ghanaians dream of living a better life abroad? What must change in Ghana for more Ghanaia... (582 days ago)

7. DocArchive: Assignment: The Most Dangerous Gang in America

   

   The United States has long been home to violent gangs, from the Mafia to the Bloods and Crips. B... (583 days ago)

8. DocArchive: Return to Kurdistan Part 2

   

   For Iraqi Kurds these are the best times they have ever known. But can the desire for full indepe... (584 days ago)

9. DocArchive: Simpson Returns to China

   

   Programme one: The Road From Tiananmen charts John Simpson’s return to modern China 19 year... (589 days ago)

10. DocArchive: No Way Out

    

    Shazia Khan investigates the agony of forced marriages in the UK and the risks of trying to escap... (589 days ago)

11. DocArchive: Assignment: No more child witches in DRC?

    

    Is it possible to legislate against deeply held beliefs? That’s what the authorities in the... (590 days ago)

12. DocArchive: Top of the Class - Part 2

    

    Owen Bennett-Jones visits two of the world’s leading educational establishments – Har... (780 days ago)

13. DocArchive: Assignment - Liverpool's drug gangs 20 Sep 2007

    

    Assignment reports on how a once model public housing project in Liverpool, has become terrorised... (780 days ago)

14. DocArchive: The Clinton Years Part 4

    

    Gavin Esler tells the story of Bill Clinton’s controversial and colourful presidency, from ... (782 days ago)

15. DocArchive: On the road in Iraq

    

    Many ordinary people in Iraq continue to live in extraordianry circumstances. World Affairs cores... (785 days ago)

16. DocArchive: Assignment - Rough justice in Japan

    

    We report on a miscarriage of justice in Japan – a case which has opened a debate about how... (786 days ago)

17. DocArchive: Top of the Class - Part 1

    

    Education matters – Owen Bennett-Jones visits educational establishments which have been ju... (787 days ago)

18. DocArchive: The Clinton Years Part 3

    

    Having won a second term, Clinton found new confidence when dealing with foreign policy. But then... (789 days ago)

19. DocArchive: Credit Crunch Part 2

    

    Business correspondent Steve Evans reports from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where the leaders of the c... (792 days ago)

20. DocArchive: Zimbabwe Out of Control - Part 2

    

    In the second of these two programmes, Paul Bakibinga considers how Zimbabwe might become prosper... (814 days ago)