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China - Fifty Years of Communist Rule
As China celebrates 50 years of communist rule, the army puts on a display of might
04 Jan 1999,14 mins
World Trade Organisation
The 1999 Seattle protests against the World Trade Organisation
02 Dec 1999,13 mins
Gerhard Schroeder and the German Economy
Have Chancellor Schroeder's plans to save crisis-ridden Philipp Holzmann divided Germany?
03 Dec 1999,13 mins
Breakfast Club Jamaica
How Jamaicans are trying to find solutions to the culture of violence on the island
03 Dec 1999,13 mins
NASA Failures
Report on the recent failures of NASA's space exploration program
06 Dec 1999,13 mins
Sri Lanka - Human Rights
The human rights disaster caused by conflict between the government and the Tamil Tigers
07 Dec 1999,13 mins
Bulgarian Nuclear Power
Environmental safety versus economic security - the dilemma Bulgarians are facing
10 Dec 1999,13 mins
Swahili
Swahili's permeation throughout sub-Saharan Africa
11 Dec 1999,13 mins
Death Penalty in USA
The politics behind capital punishment in the United States
13 Dec 1999,13 mins
Asian Financial Crisis
The 1997 financial crisis and the creation of the G20 group to stop it happening again
14 Dec 1999,13 mins
Middle East Peace
What are the chances of a successful peace plan in the Middle East?
15 Dec 1999,13 mins
Latin America
The trend towards more democratic government and economic liberalisation
16 Dec 1999,13 mins
The Pill
The introduction of the contraceptive pill in 1960. How did it change attitudes to sex?
16 Dec 1999,13 mins
Antibiotics
The extraordinary impact of antibiotics on life expectancy in the 20th Century
17 Dec 1999,13 mins
Zambian Street Children
Lusaka's street children most of whom have lost their parents to AIDS
17 Dec 1999,13 mins
Crumbling of Colonialism
The return of countries to their "rightful owners" following centuries of colonialism
20 Dec 1999,13 mins
Putin in Chechnya
Prime Minster Putin objects to Western criticisms of his campaign in Chechnya
21 Dec 1999,12 mins
Political Apologies
Are governmental apologies empty gestures?
22 Dec 1999,13 mins
Planes
Once reserved for the rich, what has increasing air travel revealed about our society?
22 Dec 1999,13 mins
Semiconductors
The rise of the semiconductor in everyday use from the transistor radio to the computer
22 Dec 1999,13 mins
Soviets in Afghanistan
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan - a surprise even to many top Soviets
22 Dec 1999,13 mins
Romania
Romanians share stories of life under the deceptive and oppressive Ceausescu regime
22 Dec 1999,13 mins
Caribbean Law
Why is the court of appeal for Carribean death penalty cases in London?
22 Dec 1999,13 mins
Future of TV
Will the arrival of the digital television turn viewers into participators?
28 Dec 1999,13 mins
Kosovan Refugees
The plight of Kosovan refugees forced to give up their papers
29 Dec 1999,13 mins
Human Migration
Arguments for and against modern migration and the rise of the human trafficker
04 Jan 2000,13 mins
The European Union
The enlargement of the European Union and the possibility of a united European army
05 Jan 2000,13 mins
Global Brands
Are the top global brands saturating and homogenising the world's markets?
07 Jan 2000,13 mins
Norwegian Immigration
The discrimination faced by immigrants when applying for jobs housing and citizenship
07 Jan 2000,25 mins
The Harry Potter Phenomenon
The young wizard beloved by children, parents, and bookshop owners alike
09 Jan 2000,13 mins