This International Dateline episode includes four segments: General Pervez Musharraf Interview II, Keysar Trad Interview, Ricardo Semler - Brazil's Caring Capitalist, and The Real Pacific Solution.
General Pervez Musharraf Interview II
Australian Prime Minister John Howard co-signed a Memorandum of Understanding on counter-terrorism with the President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf. On last week's Dateline episode, the first of what has turned into a two-part interview, was held with the General. In this report, President Musharraf makes frank comments about Pakistan's nuclear capability, and is adamant that he is a protector of democracy, not a military dictator.
Keysar Trad Interview
Australian Douglas Wood is alive, safe and now free in Iraq, after his kidnapping back in May by unknown captors. Keysar Trad, a spokesman for the Sydney Muslim leader, Sheik al-Hilaly, who earlier had been negotiating Mr. Wood's release sits down with Dateline in their studio to discuss Mr. Wood's release.
Ricardo Semler - Brazil's Caring Capitalist
In Brazil, on the factory floor and in the office, workers at the SEMCO manufacturing and services conglomerate have been granted remarkable independence, and it's paying financial dividends. This new "worker participation" approach is so successful that it's being extended to other fields as well. Dateline economics correspondent Peter Martin starts his report in Rio.
The Real Pacific Solution
Australia is experiencing a serious shortage of unskilled labor. At the same time, many island nations in the nearby Pacific are struggling with critically high unemployment rates. A solution, proposed by Australian farmers and development agencies and supported by Pacific leaders, is to allow islanders into Australia as "guest workers." Dateline's Chris Hammer reports.
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.
