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Argentina's forgotten province
06/03/2012 - PLANET HOPE

Argentina's forgotten province

Argentina, once the world’s bread basket, can no longer feed some of its own people. In the northern province of Chaco, the forests have made way for transgenic soya and cattle. Gradually driven from their lands, the indigenous communities can no longer support themselves. In recent years, dozens of children have died from malnutrition and poverty. We went to meet these forgotten families and those who are trying to help them.
Living in shantytowns
18/02/2012 - 7 BILLION OTHERS

Living in shantytowns

The number of people living in shantytowns grew from 770 million in 2000 to 830 million in 2010, mainly because of the rural exodus.
The faces of French poverty
03/02/2012 - REPORTERS

The faces of French poverty

According to a recent survey, almost a quarter of French people have little or nothing left to live on at the end of the month. These "nouveaux poor" are students, single parents, casual workers and the elderly. Our reporter went to meet them.
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The World this Week - January 20th, 2012 (Part 2)
20/01/2012 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World this Week - January 20th, 2012 (Part 2)

From a cruise ship captain told to "get back on the boat" to a rudderless Europe faced with fresh debt woes, François Picard’s panel looks back at a week where politicians played catch up with markets, rating agencies, and music and movie habits on the web.
The World this Week - January 20th, 2012
20/01/2012 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World this Week - January 20th, 2012

From a cruise ship captain told to "get back on the boat" to a rudderless Europe faced with fresh debt woes, François Picard’s panel looks at a week where politicians played catch up with markets, rating agencies, and music and movie habits on the web.
Hypocritical Super-Rich or Flagging Giants?
20/01/2012 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

Hypocritical Super-Rich or Flagging Giants?

The Independent attacks the "moralising hypocrisy" of the super rich, but the Economist says the corporate elite are not as powerful as we think they are. And as the Keystone XL pipeline deal from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico is dropped, the papers wonder if Barack Obama is standing up to Big Oil, or simply putting a controversial plan on hold until the electoral winds blow over.
Mexico's militias
12/10/2011 - THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

Mexico's militias

First, we bring you a special report on the use of paramilitary forces by drug cartels in Mexico's gang war. Next, we meet the pensioners and students making up for spending cuts in California's police force. Finally, we look at hardship on Sesame Street, as the show's writers seek to bring attention to poverty.
Eradicating extreme hunger and poverty (part 2)
27/09/2011 - 7 BILLION OTHERS

Eradicating extreme hunger and poverty (part 2)

We continue our focus on the first of the UN Millennium Development Goals: to eradicate extreme hunger and poverty. We gather accounts of everyday life in Rwanda, Senegal, Madagascar, Guatemala and Cambodia.
Eradicating extreme hunger and poverty
27/09/2011 - 7 BILLION OTHERS

Eradicating extreme hunger and poverty

We focus on the first of the UN Millennium Development Goals: to eradicate extreme hunger and poverty. We gather accounts of everyday life in Rwanda, Lebanon, India, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, China, Ecuador and Bangladesh.
Hunger doesn't justify the means
21/09/2011 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

Hunger doesn't justify the means

In today's French papers, it's bad economic news all round - the EU plans to scrap subsidies that help charities feed the very poorest, rents are soaring in Paris, and 5,000 local authorities are indebted to the point of bankruptcy.
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