(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: February 16, 2010) The U.S. captured the Taliban's second-in-command in Afghanistan, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. European nations have given Greece thirty days to make big...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: February 11, 2010) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran has reached 20% uranium enrichment in its nuclear program, and authorities clamped down on the opposition as...
Exploding landmines and other dangerous remnants of war kill and maim thousands every year. But clearing these deadly threats requires a variety of complex skills. We went to Sweden to...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: January 11, 2010) Togo's national soccer team has pulled out of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament, following Friday's attack on the team's bus in...
(Bosnia) Whoever wrote this song had both a way with the ladies and some REALLY bad luck...or perhaps a homicidal streak? Actually though, it is a traditional Sevdah song from...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: January 6, 2010) An international aid convoy, the Viva Palestina, was allowed to enter the Gaza Strip with food, medical and infrastructure supplies. Al Jazeera...
(Argentina/Spain) Here's a bit of whimsy from the graphic artist/musician Sebastian Litmanovich d.b.a. Cineplexx. The mood is pure lounge-pop (this is the "copacabana mix") and the montage of nostalgic elements...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: December 22, 2009) Extremely cold temperatures continue to wreak havoc in Europe, causing at least ninety deaths and disrupting travel, particularly on Eurostar trains linking...
(Spain/France) One of Manu Chao's first huge hits was "Clandestino", a song that introduced the world to his songwriting style: the simplest of structures, a melody that is instantly singable,...
This post-modern narrative film tells the history of Radio Free Europe during the 80s in Communist Romania, which served as a secret confidant to its Romanian listeners despite the dictator...
A Romanian short about an old overweight postal worker who, when nagged by his wife, joins a weekly caravan of local villagers who cross the border to sell their goods...
12:08 East of Bucharest describes the fall of communism through the eyes of a provincial television station. The film was the first made by Corneliu Porumboiu, and won the apt...
(Spain) Jairo Zavala aka DePedro is best known as a ringer and session man on guitar. He has tenured with Amparanoia, Spanish instrumental surfers Los Coronas and the Arizona-based rock...
(Czech Republic) In the past we have highlighted the Czech band Dva, whose specialty is singing in faux languages that are patterned after existing ones. Now here comes Cankisou, a...
