Assignment Episodes Episode guide
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The UN's rogue peacemakers
A report on the Pakistani UN peacekeepers who supplied arms and gold to warlords
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The UN prepares to leave East Timor
The programme visits Dili, the capital of East Timor which is being run by the UN
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The UK's young Asians
A look at the young Asian community in Bradford and other parts of the UK
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The UK's low-paid migrant workers
The impact of EU migrants on the UK's workforce
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The UK's faith schools
Faith schools in the UK, a look at their religious ethos and the secret of their success
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The trail of Zardad
The trial of Commander Zardad, a notorious Afghan warlord
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The Super Jumbo
A report on the star of the Paris Air Show, the A380 'super jumbo'
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The Summer War in Lebanon - part 1 - a tragedy of errors
First hand accounts tell what really went on during the Israeli-Lebanon conflict
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The Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis in 1956
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The state of the internet
How the internet has evolved to be a state in its own right
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The Srebrenica Massacre
The Srebrenica Massacre in July 1995, the largest mass murder in Europe since World War II
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The shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
The shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes in July 2005
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The shaming of Helmut Kohl
The former leader of Germany and his disgrace has left many feeling betrayed
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The search for Karadzic and Mladic
The search for Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic
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The rise and fall of Saddam Hussein
The rise to power of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein
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The Refugees who want to go to the UK
Why do so many refugees want to go to the UK when they could stay in France?
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The refugees of Darfur and Chad
A report on the developing security and humanitarian crisis in Darfur
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The Rainbow Nation
The state of post-1994 South Africa, the self-proclaimed "Rainbow Nation"
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The price of rice
A report on the rising price of rice which has caused rioting in some parts of the world
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The power of the US Jewish lobby
A report on the influence of the powerful Jewish lobby in America
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The poor wars - part two
A report on trade between rich and poor countries
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The poor wars - part one
How do developed countries treat the world's poorest?
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The Niger Delta
Alex Last travels to the troubled Niger Delta in Nigeria
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The legacy of Bernard Madoff
Jamie Coomarasamy looks at the impact of Bernard Madoff's fraud
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The King of Jordan's reform programme
Accompanying the King of Jordan as he pays a secret visit to a Palestinian refugee camp
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The kids who ran Iraq
A report on what the young American soldiers who served in Iraq think of their experiences
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The Iranian revolution
The 20th anniversary of the Iranian revolution
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The Inside Story of a Pirate Hijack
Robert Walker is in Somaliland to uncover the truth behind the hijacking of a Danish ship
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The Gaza settlers
The slow, painful splintering of the Jewish settlers' community
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The future of Sevastopol
A report on the Russian port Sevastopol which is situated in the Ukraine