17/04/2009

Human stories from behind the global headlines. With Lucy Ash.

On today's programme: The Italian earthquake; Native Americans - pt 4; and the journalist accused of spying.

Italian earthquake
During the recent devastating earthquake in the Italian town of L'Aquila, eight students were killed when the student hostel they lived in collapsed. A criminal enquiry has now been opened to investigate claims that the building was unsafe. Student teacher Carmela Tomassetti tells Lucy Ash how she tried for months to raise the alarm.

Native American Governor
In the last of her series examining what it means to be Native American in today's USA, Siobhann Tighe meets George Rivera, the governor of a pueblo in New Mexico, who has turned its fortunes around by opening a casino.

Azadeh Moaveni
When the Iranian-American journalist Azadeh Moaveni returned to Tehran to cover the 2005 election, she didn't expect to fall in love, marry, and make the city her home. Nor did she anticipate the reversal of hard-won reforms, and that this would eventually force her to leave. Azadeh talks to Lucy Ash about the difficulties of life as a woman reporter in Iran.