This International Dateline episode includes four segments: Food Not Bombs, The Very Thin Blue Line, Dark Days in the Hapi Isles, and Winston Peters Interview.
Food Not Bombs
Dateline's Liz Tadic has been to Nigeria, where it's estimated that out of the 140 million, 100 million people live in dire poverty. In spite of a wealth of natural resources and the oil refineries that pollute the atmosphere and dominate the sky line, local people live in squalor and poverty. Liz caught up with Keith McHenry, an American on a mission to promote his campaign "Food Not Bombs." McHenry founded the organization in 1980 and in that time he's fed a lot of people and been in a lot of trouble. He was in New Orleans during hurricane Katrina and now he's in Nigeria to spread the word and recruit new members to "Food Not Bombs."
The Very Thin Blue Line
Dateline's Thom Cookes journeyed to a remote desert camp in Jordan that has become a training ground for new Iraqi police recruits. Thom films the new cadets as they arrive for their 8 week course in "how to survive the job." By the end of the year 44,000 cadets will have passed through the gates and it's estimated that 1,500 police officers are killed in Iraq every 6 months. It's a shocking statistic that might deter further recruits but yet they continue to sign up. So desperate for work, some of the men have lied about their age and surprisingly others are openly sympathetic to the insurgency. What motivates these men to risk their lives in Fallujah where they could be gunned down or blown up at any time? Thom Cookes finds that their motives are complex and their aim leaves room for improvement.
Dark Days in the Hapi Isles
Last month's violence and mayhem in the Solomon Islands may have subsided, but the future there still looks decidedly dicey. So much so, that the Australian and New Zealand foreign ministers recently met in Honiara with Manasseh Sogavare's Government. Prime Minister Sogavare has called for a review of RAMSI, the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomons. Garry McNab reports on the situation in the Solomons under RAMSI control.
Winston Peters Interview
While Australian ships await the nod from troubled East Timor, Fiji bubbles away with political tension and West Papua remains a thorn in Indonesian Australian relations. Dateline's George Negus has been speaking to New Zealand's Foreign Minister about the region's troubles. Winston Peters discusses his impending visit to the Solomons where he'll be meeting with Alexander Downer and the newly formed government there.
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.
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