In Focus: Courting Ecological Disaster - Spain's Canary Islands
Category: News & Current Affairs
The Canary Islands, a virtual paradise, are a popular holiday destination for Germans. However, the untouched nature reserves of the islands' interiors are in danger as hotel construction is expanding, often illegally.

In Focus: Counting the Cost of Biofuel
Category: News & Current Affairs
The EU is combating dependency on fossil fuel by promoting renewable resources. However, increased biofuel demands are putting pressure on farmers unable to cope with new government mandated quotas and a depleting environment.

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Divorce in Yemen
Category: Documentaries
This episode of Al Jazeera English Witness debates the issues of divorce in Yemen - what the law states, what people can actually do - and examines how being divorced affects women in positions of power.

Democracy Now!
Category: News & Current Affairs
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez host the award-winning independent national news and interview program, Democracy Now!

In Focus: The Fall of Lehman Brothers
Category: News & Current Affairs
On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers, the world's fourth largest investment bank, filed for bankruptcy protection. This filing triggered the deepest financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

In Focus: In the Freezer
Category: News & Current Affairs
Could cryo-conservation - the freezing and storing of human cells in liquid nitrogen - be used for the preservation of entire bodies for future resurrection? What should we make of this?

In Focus: A Day that Shook the World
Category: News & Current Affairs
Where were you on 9/11? There are events you never forget. Susan Borchert was at home on September 11, 2001 while her husband was in mortal danger. Klaus Borchert worked in the World Trade Center.

Torture on Trial
Category: Documentaries
This Link TV original production investigates the history of interrogations in the "War on Terrorism", and the growing movement calling for accountability for those who authorized and participated in torture.

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Family Torn Apart
Category: Documentaries
In this Al Jazeera English Witness special, a Mexican-American family is forced to split up along a fault line of US politics.

In Focus: The Cup of Good Hope
Category: News & Current Affairs
This episode of In Focus takes a peak at the preparations now underway in Capetown, Johannesburg and Nelspruit for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which will be held on African soil for the first time in history.

In Focus: The Baby Saver - Emergency Care for Preemies
Category: News & Current Affairs
Premature babies are only minutes old but are already in urgent need of medical attention. For patients of emergency physician Dr. Jens Siegel, it's always a race against time.

Interview with Walter Cronkite from "Your New$ and the Bottom Line"
Category: News & Current Affairs
Broadcast icon Walter Cronkite passed away on July 17th, 2009 at the age of 92. This Link TV exclusive interview gives insight into the late Cronkite's criticism of media mergers and the loss of diversity in the news business.

In Focus: Who Owns The Oceans?
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this episode of In Focus, explore the deep sea where researchers are discovering landscapes of breathtaking beauty, countless new species, and large quantities of raw materials thousands of meters below the surface of the ocean.

In Focus: Good Genes, Bad Genes
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this episode of In Focus, Twins Steffi and Kathi Leitner have found out through a genetic test that they will fall ill with a fatal hereditary disease. How can anyone lead a life knowing how it will end?

In Focus: Children of War
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this episode of In Focus, learn about the unseen victims of the bloodshed that has racked Afghanistan for decades: some six million children, suffering from the effects of war.