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Recent episodes from Npr: Foreign Dispatch

  • September 12, 2008 -- Dispatches From Iraq, Israel And Haiti
    Published: Sep 12, 08
    This week we hear about Israel's likely new prime minister, violence in Iraq and storms that are hit Haiti hard.
     
  • August 29, 2008 Dispatches From Georgia, Iraq And China
    Published: Aug 29, 08
    This week we hear about an energy cooridor through Georgia, China's handling of Olympic protestors and how children are faring in the Iraq war.
     
  • August 22, 2008 Dispatches From Russia, China And Georgia.
    Published: Aug 23, 08
    This week our NPR correspondents reportfrom Pakistan, Russia, Georgia and China. Pakistan's President steps down. Europe struggles to deal with Russia's occupation of Georgia. The Kremlin is unapologetica bout actions in Georgia. And the Baijing Olympics have inpired some to perform bizarre feats.
     
  • August 15, 2008 Dispatches From Afghanistan, Pakistan And Georgia
    Published: Aug 15, 08
    This week we hear about the conflicts in Georgia, Pakistan and Afghanistan
     
  • August 08, 2008 Dispatches From Iraq, Cuba And China
    Published: Aug 8, 08
    This Week we hear from the Holy City of Najaf, Captalism in Cuba and the Olympic Games
     
  • August 1, 2008 Dispatches From Israel, Britain And Japan
    Published: Aug 1, 08
    This week we hear about Israel's prime minister stepping down, Muslim education in England and how Japan tries to go green.
     
  • July 25, 2008 Dispatches From Bosnia, China And Spain
    Published: Jul 25, 08
    This week we hear about the arrest of one world's most wanted men, how China is helping earthquake survivors, and bullfighting in spain.
     
  • July 18, 2008 Dispatches From Russia, China And Inida
    Published: Jul 18, 08
    In today's Foreign Dispatch we hear about domestic abuse in Russia, a solution to India's population problem and China's fledging tourist trade.
     
  • June 27, 2008: Foreign Dispatch
    Published: Jun 30, 08
    On this week's Foreign Dispatch we hear from Afghanistan, Mexico and Israel. In Mexico. In Afghanistan heavy fighting continue despite all the news in the media about Iraq. In Mexcio rival gangs are fighting for the city of Juarez. And finally, Israel shut down all the cargo crossing into the Gaza Strip.
     
  • June 13, 2008: Foreign Dispatch
    Published: Jun 13, 08
    Today we hear dispatches from AfghanistanAfghanistan, Scotland, and Baghdad. Afghanistan's Olympic team is sending a member to the Summer games to compete in Tae Kwon Do, Donald Trump is battling environmentalists to build a golf course in Scotland and the war in Iraq rages on.
     
  • June 06, 2008: Foreign Dispatch
    Published: Jun 8, 08
    In this week's Foreign Dispatch, civil society in China after the quake; Basra starts to relax just a bi and 20/20 cricket in India.
     
  • May 30, 2008: Foreign Dispatch
    Published: Jun 1, 08
    In this week's Foreign Dispatch our correspondent, Eleanor Breadsley, visits the graves of American soldiers who died during the World War II D-day invasion. Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports from a city where women are at risk for wearing make-up. And Philip Reeves sends a letter telling us about India's obsession with murder.
     
  • May 23, 2008: Foreign Dispatch
    Published: May 23, 08
    In this week's Foreign Dispatch, corruption and shoddy building add to the human toll of China's earthquake... China's media is reporting the story with in a whole new way... and reconstruction is slow-going in Afghanistan.
     
  • May 17, 2008: Foreign Dispatch
    Published: May 16, 08
    Join NPR's Kevin Beesley to hear about the human toll of China's earthquake...the Palestinian view of Israel's 60th...and Baroque music, in the jungles of South America.
     
  • May 8, 2008: Foreign Dispatch
    Published: May 11, 08
    In this Foreign Dispatch, Peter Kenyon reports on US relations with Yemen. Soraya Sarhadi Nelson reports on Afghanistan's efforts to preserve its natural wonders. And from France, Eleanor Beardsley reports on how the country is expanding their Champagne production to meet the world's demand.