cross posted on the Metroblogs Global Conspiracy
It has been more than a month since CurrentTV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee were detained by North Korean authorities on the China-North Korea b
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cross posted on the Metroblogs Global Conspiracy
It has been more than a month since CurrentTV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee were detained by North Korean authorities on the China-North Korea b
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"If the Corps didn't do its job, somebody should be held responsible. Somebody's got to answer to something." - The words of a former Lower Ninth Ward resident who lost a daughter to the floo
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David Simon, creator of The Wire, was on Bill Moyers journal this past week. Before getting into the world of writing and directing television, he was a journalist in Baltimore for many years. At tha
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20 years ago Warwick Fry was in El Salvador covering the guerilla offensive at the height of a civil war. This year he returned, this time to observe elections, the results of which mean the first ch
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Back in 2007, following my trip to New Orleans, I did a podcast with my friend Damian who works down there, on the topic of emission from the shipping industry. In case you missed that one, here's th
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In 2004 I heard my first podcast, it was called Tokyo Calling, hosted by Scott Lockman who brought the audience along with him during his monring commute through Tokyo. The program inspired me to star
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My second visit to Istanbul has been filled with interesting encounters with old and new friends, and exploring places in the city that I didn't get to on my first brief visit last month. This is a vl
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In the past I've made frequent references to the Sephardi jews that in the 15th century fled the Spanish inquisition and Portuguese King's policies and settled in Amsterdam. I like to refer to that gr
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