This episode of the UN 21st Century magazine show looks at Guatemala, one of the world's most violent countries where murder, extortion, trafficking and gang warfare are rife. But very...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: January 7, 2010) Clashes have followed the murders of six Coptic Christians in southern Egypt. In southeastern Afghanistan, a suicide bomber has attacked a market,...
(Al Jazeera English: November 18, 2009) Preparations for Iraqi elections originally scheduled for January have been postponed after the election plan was vetoed by Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi. In Afghanistan,...
Kolkata, India is one of the most populated cities in the world and one filled with poverty. Human trafficking is a result of women from neighboring Nepal being lured into...
The women of Serachaur Village in western Nepal were used to spending their days collecting clean water for their families. The village's only water tap was several hundred kilometers...
Even in this remote region of the planet, there are worrying signs of climate change. This episode of Witness takes a look at the devastating effect global warming could have...
In Nepal, a nine-year-old girl is worshipped as a Virgin Goddess. It is she who gives the King his power to rule. But democracy is coming to this kingdom, and...
Witness explores cricket for the visually impaired - a game that's giving many blind people in Nepal a new lease on life. Introduced to Nepal by an army captain, cricket...
(Global Pulse: May 30, 2008) As the price of oil breaks new records, people worldwide are protesting the increases in their living costs. Now, politicians are responding, trying to come...