Week of Sun, 2006-12-24 00:00 to Sat, 2006-12-30 23:59
Somali interview (4:05)
December 27, 2006
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Correspondent Mohammed Olad Hassan reports from Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, about the political violence exploding in Somalia. Ethiopian and Somali government troops are clashing with Islamist forces, who were pushed out of power within the last few days.
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Rumsfeld and Cheney - then and now (7:00)
December 27, 2006
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One of Gerald Ford's legacies in foreign affairs is the promotion of Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney into the elite circles of policy-making. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Barry Werth, author of "31 Days: Gerald Ford, the Nixon Pardon and A Government in Crisis," about the influence of Rumsfeld and Cheney - then and now.
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Ford and foreign policy (5:00)
December 27, 2006
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Former President Gerald Ford has died at the age of 93. The World's Jeb Sharp reports on Ford's influence on US foreign policy at a time when the country was divided by the Vietnam War.
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Entire program - December 27
December 27, 2006
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Buddha boy interview (3:50)
December 26, 2006
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A teenage boy believed by some to be the reincarnation of the Buddha disappeared nine months ago in Nepal. Now the teenager has re-appeared, and hundreds of follower have been gathering to see the so-called "Buddha boy." Anchor Ken Bader gets details from Yubaraj Ghimire, editor of the weekly news magazine, Samay.
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A long journey north to say goodbye (8:30)
December 26, 2006
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Anne Abraham vanished in a remote part of Canada thirty years ago. She went there on an archaeological mission to find a 7,000 year-old rock quarry. This year, her sister Alice marked the anniversary by tracing Anne's final expedition.
Read the transcript, view photos, plus web resources
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Geo Quiz (1:00)
December 26, 2006
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Where will we go today?
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Iran oil interview (5:00)
December 26, 2006
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Iran may be increasingly vulnerable to the effects of sanctions. A new study suggests that Iran's oil exports could decline to zero - in fewer than ten years. Anchor Ken Bader gets details from Roger Stern, an economic geographer at Johns Hopkins University.
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