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This International Dateline episode includes four segments: Brazil's Sweet Revolution, Chalabi Interview, and Bali Goes Bust.

Brazil's Sweet Revolution  
At the risk of repeating what's become something of a global mantra of late, oil is running out and most of what's left is in what's euphemistically described as "unstable parts of the world" - code for the Gulf, the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia. Meanwhile, there is a great search for alternative fuel sources - and one high-profile contender to have emerged is ethanol.

Brazil has spent decades overcoming political, scientific, and economic hurdles and now, it is leading the ethanol revolution. And, as Dateline found out, the Brazilians would like to export their miracle cure to the rest of the world.

Chalabi Interview  
In his colorful past, Ahmed Chalabi, the millionaire businessman has collaborated with the CIA, produced "irrefutable evidence" of what turned out to be non-existent weapons of mass destruction, was touted as a frontman for the Pentagon, accused of spying for the Iranians, faces 22 years hard labor in Jordan for embezzling from his own bank, was raided and eventually spurned by his one-time American sponsors, pronounced washed-up and now, despite all of this, and with no political base to speak of, has somehow emerged more powerful than ever, maneuvering himself into the upper echelons of the new Iraqi Government. Dateline speaks with Ahmed Chalabi from within Baghdad's heavily-protected Green Zone.   
  
Bali Goes Bust

A couple of weeks ago, Dateline received a message from a contact in Bali, imploring Dateline to go over there and film what was described as a crisis situation. The contact is an Australian woman, who has lived in Bali for 10 years, and has her finger on the proverbial pulse of the island. She told Dateline that the impact of the terror bombings, and the recent drug busts of Australians, has hit Bali hard. Cameraman/producer David Brill went to the formerly popular resort island to meet her.   

About International Dateline 

SBS Dateline, which began in 1984, is Australia's longest-running international current affairs program. It has a well-earned reputation for authoritative and incisive reporting. Dateline has taken the traditional way of producing TV current affairs and turned it on its head. Reporters who used to travel with a cameraperson and sound recordist now travel alone and have the responsibility of both filming and reporting their stories. The reporters became video-journalists, gaining access to people and places that the conventional camera crews cannot.