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Window broken in schoolhouse, photo by Adam Dolnick

Beslan, Russia: 2004 School Siege- Part 2 7:46 Kelly McEvers

The conclusion of this two-part series on the 2004 takeover of a school in Beslan Russia by Chechnyn militants. Could negotiations could have prevented the tragic end to the siege? (See the Beslan Timeline: How the School Siege Unfolded.) [transcript]

Broadcast: Sep 1 2006 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Russian School Siege- 2004 Subjects: War, International, Historical, Religious

Beslan, Russia: 2004 School Siege- Part 1 7:46 Kelly McEvers

A two-part NPR series: In 2004 Chechnyn militants seized 1,200 hostages at School No. 1 in Beslan, Russia. More than three hundred hostages died, mostly children, in explosions and battles between militants and Russian soldiers. The series relives the three-day siege: traveling to where the militants planned the attack, examining their demands, and exploring authority's refusal to negotiate. (See the Beslan Timeline: How the School Siege Unfolded.) [transcript]

Broadcast: Aug 31 2006 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Russian School Siege- 2004 Subjects: International, Religious, War, Historical

Cambodia 2: Human trafficking 6:37 Scott Carrier

Second in a series: In this second report of his two-part series on human trafficking, the story of a Cambodian family whose daughters were sold to brothels to make ends meet. [transcript]

Broadcast: May 26 2006 on APM MarketplaceSeries: Cambodia: Human Traffick Subjects: Justice, Women, Youth, International, Children

Cambodia 1: Human trafficking 6:14 Scott Carrier

First in a series: The annual report on human trafficking next week will estimate between 600,000 and 800,000 people are trafficked across borders each year — and that doesn't include people sold within their own countries. Scott Carrier reports. [transcript]

Broadcast: May 25 2006 on APM MarketplaceSeries: Cambodia: Human Traffick Subjects: Justice, International, Women, Youth, Children

Mohammed Naseehu Ali's father, Alhaji Abubakar Ali III, the emir of Ghana

Song & Memory: Ghana 8:16 Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

Mohammed Naseehu Ali is a native of Ghana, the son of the emir, or king, of the Muslims in that African nation. Unlike his brothers and cousins, Ali left Ghana to be educated in the United States. Instead of returning to tribal politics, he became a musician and writer. But he hasn't left behind the memories of a song so important to his childhood in Ghana: "Kyenkyen Bi Adi Mawu" by Alhaki K. Frimpong and his Cubano Fiesta.

Broadcast: May 13 2006 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Song & Memory Subjects: World, International, Youth, Music

Crossing Borders 54:00 Scott Carrier, Ann Heppermann, Kara Oehler & [Hearing Voices]

From Mexico to US, a Tale of Two Countries in this (((Hearing Voices))) Cinco de Mayo special. Your guide Marcos Martinez, of KUNM-Albuquerque, plays some border radio: Poet Luis Alberto Urrea delivers his "Hymn to Vatos Who Will Never Appear in a Poem" and travels "The Devil's Highway," from his book about death in the desert. In "Sasabe," a Sonora, Mexico border town, Scott Carrier talks to immigrants along their hazardous, illegal desert crossing, and to the border patrol waiting for them in Sasabe, Arizona. "And I walked..." (with Charles Bowden) is a border-crossing sound-portrait by Ann Heppermann and Kara Oehler, from the Third Coast Festival's ShortDocs series. Guillermo Gómez-Peña gives a "Citizenship Lesson," from his CD Borderless Radio, and imagines "Maquiladoras of the Future," fantasy border factories. And One-minute Vacation podcasts (QuietAmerican.org) a Saint Jude's festival in the highlands of Michoacan recorded by Siamack Sioshansi, and evening mass at the Church of Carmen Alta in Oaxaca City recorded by Bronwyn Ximm. More audio, info and links...

Broadcast: May 5 2006 on HV SpecialSeries: Hearing Voices- Specials Subjects: Hispanic, International, Specials, Justice

Private Sector 59:00 Nancy Updike

20,000 civilian contractors are part of the American forces in Iraq. They have been killed by roadside bombs, they were interrogating prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Ira devotes the whole hour this documentary on the lives of several: including a Boston policeman teaching Iraqis the trade, and a screener at Baghdad airport: private citizen on the payroll of an occupying power.

Broadcast: Jun 10 2005 on PRI/WBEZ This American Life; Jun 4 2004 on PRI/WBEZ This American Life Subjects: Business, International, War

Women crossing the border, photo by Julian Cardona

Undocumented War, Part 5- Solution? 5:55 Scott Carrier

A five-part portrait of people on both sides of the US-Mexico border: nervous Mexicans just before they cross, vigilantes patrolling the US side, a coyote (human smuggler), and a woman whose Arizona border ranch gives her a front-row seat for the biggest wave of human migration in a century. Julián Cardona- Almargen; Periodismo de investigaci—n, medios y literatura
an Arizonan’s answers (Bowden).

Broadcast: May 27 2005 on APM MarketplaceSeries: The Undocumented War Subjects: International, Hispanic, Labor, Justice

Undocumented War, Part 4- Coyotes 5:20 Scott Carrier

A five-part portrait of people on both sides of the US-Mexico border: nervous Mexicans just before they cross, vigilantes patrolling the US side, a coyote (human smuggler), and a woman whose Arizona border ranch gives her a front-row seat for the biggest wave of human migration in a century. Julián Cardona- Almargen; Periodismo de investigaci—n, medios y literatura
bringing them across.

Broadcast: May 26 2005 on APM MarketplaceSeries: The Undocumented War Subjects: International, Hispanic, Labor, Justice

Undocumented War, Part 3- Journey 5:51 Scott Carrier

A five-part portrait of people on both sides of the US-Mexico border: nervous Mexicans just before they cross, vigilantes patrolling the US side, a coyote (human smuggler), and a woman whose Arizona border ranch gives her a front-row seat for the biggest wave of human migration in a century. Julián Cardona- Almargen; Periodismo de investigaci—n, medios y literatura
watching the migration.

Broadcast: May 25 2005 on APM MarketplaceSeries: The Undocumented War Subjects: Hispanic, International, Labor, Justice