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Outside the port city of Calais, French police recently knocked down an encampment where more than a thousand illegal migrants lived while waiting ...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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As diplomats work on peace in the Middle East, the West Bank town of Nablus is humming. This week the World Vision Report talks to shopkeepers and...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
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As diplomats work on peace in the Middle East, the West Bank town of Nablus is humming. This week the World Vision Report talks to shopkeepers and...

Bought by KLCC and KRUA


  • Added: Nov 13, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 2
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When people go to prison in China, their children are frequently left behind to fend for themselves. This week the World Vision Report takes you t...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Thousands of people come to the U.S. each year to escape torture, persecution, or even death in their homeland. But getting U.S. immigration offic...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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This is the one hour World Vision Report fall fundraiser show. The show is in three segments each ending with a fundraising pitch. Show includes ...

Bought by WRIR and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 12, 2009
  • Length: 42:11
  • Purchases: 2
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More than 250-thousand Americans lost their jobs last month, but unemployment for ultra-orthodox Jews in Israel is a way of life. They spend their...

Bought by WXDU and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
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More than 250-thousand Americans lost their jobs last month, but unemployment for ultra-orthodox Jews in Israel is a way of life. They spend their...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Leaders from the world’s 20 largest economies met last week in Pittsburgh and said from now on the developing world -- through the so-called G-20 -...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Using music to make a statement is nothing new. Protest songs have long been part of popular culture and today those songs often take the form of ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Sep 25, 2009
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 2
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In Ghana, some women go to great lengths to change their dark skin to a lighter shade. But bleaching and the use of strong chemicals can be very d...

Bought by WXDU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KTNA


  • Added: Sep 16, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
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In Ghana, some women go to great lengths to change their dark skin to a lighter shade. But bleaching and the use of strong chemicals can be very d...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Kenya is a country in crisis. There’s been no consistent rainfall there in a year. Crops are shriveling. Rivers are down to a trickle. This w...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Hip-Hop music has hopped all the way to Myanmar, or Burma. Musicians there use hip-hop as a means of protest against one of the most repressive go...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Sep 04, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The military junta in Burma is one of the most repressive governments in the world. The government controls most of the media and tolerates no dis...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 04, 2009
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
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"It Might Get Loud" film excerpts and interview clips featuring the star guitarists Jack White, Jimmy Page and The Edge, plus director Davis Guggen...

Bought by KGLT


  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 36:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Who's the next Spoon, Shawn Colvin, or Stevie Ray Vaughan? Hear about the bands being hailed as "The Next Big Thing" from Austin...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 52:04
  • Purchases: 1
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As President Obama visits Ghana, the World Vision Report this week focuses on the age-old question of whether foreign aid really helps the poor in ...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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As President Obama pushes for health care reform in this country, it’s an even stiffer challenge in South Africa. Private health care is too expen...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The Labor Department says unemployment is now at 9.4%. Many Americans are unemployed for the first time. But for the homeless, the numbers mean n...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 05:30
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As President Obama pushes for health care reform in this country, it’s an even stiffer challenge in South Africa. Private health care is too expen...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Millions of people have left Burma to escape the harsh conditions imposed by a very repressive regime. Most end up in Thailand. This week the Wo...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Ten thousand refugees a day stream out of Pakistan’s Swat Valley to escape the fighting between government troops and the Taliban. This week, the...

  • Added: May 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Ten thousand refugees a day stream out of Pakistan’s Swat Valley to escape the fighting between government troops and the Taliban. This week, the ...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 15, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A half-million people are expected to flee the Swat Valley in northwest Pakistan as a peace agreement between the government and the Taliban contin...

  • Added: May 08, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25