Conflict & Justice

May 09, 2008

The United Nations today announced it will resume aid shipments to Burma; UN officials had earlier suspended aid flights intended to help Burmese cyclone survivors, complaining that the Burmese government had seized some of the aid.

Conflict & Justice

World's native peoples take on climate change

Living on Earth

May 09, 2008

Despite their geographic differences, indigenous people often have similar problems when it comes to the environment. Living on Earth's Bobby Bascomb reports.

Conflict & Justice

Missing asylum seekers

The World

May 09, 2008

Immigration authorities in Canada seem to have lost track of thousands of asylum seekers whose applications were turned down; the government wants to deport them -- but it has to find the asylum applicants first, as Derek Stoffel has the story.

Conflict & Justice

A wave of dramatic African-American productions are bringing a new tone to Broadway

The Takeaway

May 08, 2008

Following the success of the revival of 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' which featured an all African-American cast, come the Broadway runs of 'The Country Girl' and 'Thurgood' ? all serious-minded shows that are drawing diverse theater-goers. Guest Patrik Henry Bass highlights the increase and popularity of black productions on the Great White Way.

Global Politics

The impacts of an illegal-immigration crackdown

The Takeaway

May 08, 2008

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have begun apprehending a new kind of illegal immigrant: Mexicans on buses headed back to Mexico. Oddly, this exercise is taking place at Mexico-bound checkpoints near the Tijuana-San Diego border.

Environment

Burma government resisting aid

The World

May 08, 2008

Five days after a devastating cyclone struck the South East Asian nation of Burma, the first UN aid flight has landed in the country but Burma's military authority is still resisting the majority of foreign aid that's being offered

Conflict & Justice

Border controls hurt Mexican factories

The World

May 08, 2008

Factories on the Mexican side of the US border employ tens of thousands of workers but as The World's Lorne Matelon reports,

Conflict & Justice

States begin executions after seven-month moratorium

The Takeaway

May 06, 2008

Today, Georgia is set to execute the first person since the Supreme Court upheld the use of lethal injections in April. At least 14 executions have been scheduled in six states. We speak with Deborah Denno, of the Fordham University School of Law, whose work was cited by the court.

Conflict & Justice

Everest torch progress

The World

May 06, 2008

Mountain climbers taking the Olympic torch up Mt. Everest have been stopped by weather, but they may soon resume their ascent.

Conflict & Justice

Banned Saudi novel

The World

May 06, 2008

A Saudi Arabian novel, banned in the Kingdom, is now available in the US in English translation; Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Saudi author Yousef Al-Mohaimeed about his book "Wolves of the Crescent Moon."

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