David Hecht

Guinea Bissau Government in Exile

In the West African country of Guinea Bissau, cocaine traffickers teamed up with the military last year to topple the civilian government. Now that civilian government is in exile in Portugal, the former colonial power.

Guinea Bissau Government in Exile
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American Muay Thai Fighter in Thailand

American Muay Thai Fighter in Thailand

Some Germans Intolerant of Islamic Animal Slaughter

Some Germans Intolerant of Islamic Animal Slaughter

Soviet Wizard of Oz at the Staatsballett Berlin

Soviet Wizard of Oz at the Staatsballett Berlin
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Genetically engineered foods in Europe

Genetically engineered foods in Europe
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Germany's 2010 bug

Remember the Y2K bug? Well, Germany is experiencing a computer glitch, 10 years after millennium bug. It's a software problem that's preventing computers from recognizing ?2010″ on credit cards. David Hecht checked it out for us.

Germany's 2010 bug
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Farming and famine in Nigeria

A generation ago, the African nation of Nigeria launched a plan to embrace modern farming. Today the country is more dependent than ever on imported food. To find out what went wrong reporter David Hecht travels to a village he first visited in the 1980s.

Farming and famine in Nigeria
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Can architecture heal a city?

Hamburg hopes its new half-a-billion-dollar concert venue, Elbphilharmonie, will help unite the city.

Can architecture heal a city?
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The causes of famine

Droughts and floods can cause food crises. But so can politics and economics. Reporter David Hecht examines the roots of the 2005 food crisis in the West African nation of Niger and why so many children starved to death despite an adequate harvest.

The causes of famine
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In Hamburg, left and right get along

A coalition of Greens and the Christian Democratic Union has run the state for more than a year.

In Hamburg, left and right get along
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Few nations fighting bribery

Twelve years after many Western nations agreed to fight bribery of foreign officials, only four countries are actively enforcing the ban. David Hecht reports from Berlin.

Few nations fighting bribery
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Micro-Lender ACLEDA Now Cambodia's Largest Bank

ACLEDA bank began as a micro-lender, loaning tiny sums to allow Cambodians to open small businesses. Now it's become the country's largest bank. Critics think it's lost its focus by becoming too big and charging too much interest. On The World.

Micro-Lender ACLEDA Now Cambodia's Largest Bank