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Struggling on the front line of the US drug war - 11 Oct 08
Drug abuse continues to be a major problem in the US that the presidential candidates haven't been talking about.
Treating drug addiction primarily as a medical problem is a priority for many counselors who work on the front line.
Working in difficult conditions and often against the odds, the rewards of keeping addicts out of the criminal justice system is what keeps them going.
Here is one such person, Mike Gibbs, in his own words.
Length: 123
Rating: 5.00 (10 ratings)
Tags: Al Jazeera aljazeera US drug war first person counselor baltimore
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FRONTLINE | "Bush's War" | Preview of Night 1 | PBS
Watch FRONTLINE Bush's War online right now at http://www.pbs.org/frontline/bushswar/
On the 5th anniversary of the Iraq invasion, FRONTLINE presents the definitive documentary analysis of "Bush's War" http://www.pbs.org/frontline/bushswar/
From the horror of 9/11 to the invasion of Iraq; the truth about WMD to the rise of an insurgency; the scandal of Abu Ghraib to the strategy of the surge—for six years, FRONTLINE has revealed the defining stories of the war on terror in meticulous detail, and the political dramas that played out at the highest levels of power and influence.
Now, on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, the full saga unfolds in the two-part FRONTLINE special Bush's War, airing Monday, March 24, from 9 to 11:30 P.M. and Tuesday, March 25, 2008, from 9 to 11 P.M. ET on PBS (check local listings). Veteran producer Michael Kirk ("The Torture Question," "The Dark Side") draws on one of the richest archives in broadcast journalism—more than 40 FRONTLINE reports on the war on terror. Combined with fresh reporting and new interviews, "Bush's War" will be the definitive documentary analysis of one of the most challenging periods in the nation's history.
Following the broadcast: a new TV/Web experience. View the entire "Bush's War" online, integrated with more than 100 video clips of key moments since 9/11, drawn from FRONTLINE's robust online video archive and integrated into a master annotated chronology of the war.
Length: 73
Rating: 4.80 (188 ratings)
Tags: Pbs frontline bush iraq war anniversary documentary terror 9/11 politics
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FRONTLINE/World | Kiva | PBS
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld FRONTLINE/World travels to Uganda to explore the impact of microfinance and, in particular, how one San Francisco-based nonprofit is using the Web to forge a more direct connection between lenders in the U.S. and borrowers in developing countries. For more information go to http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld
Length: 338
Rating: 4.60 (121 ratings)
Tags: Microfinance Uganda Kiva development micro-loan micro-lending FRONTLINE Frontline/World Mohammad Yunus PBS
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