A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

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A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

After being advised by the State Department to lie low and let diplomacy take its course, today's trial of Laura Ling and Euna Lee in Pyongyang has convinced their families to appeal directly to the North Korean government for the release of their loved ones.

The economic crisis and almost 9 percent unemployment rate in the United States has made it difficult for Iraqi refugees - one of the fastest growing refugee populations in the world - to settle here.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

The WIDE ANGLE Online Discussion Guide gives you an exciting way of using public television programs to enrich political science, journalism, economics, and AP social studies courses. It includes video segments from the programs Dishing Democracy, Gold Futures, Brazil in Black and White, and The People's Court.

Dishing Democracy goes behind the scenes at Arab television channel MBC in Cairo and its hit all-female talk show, Kalam Nawa'em.

by Marda Dunsky. The right of citizens to freely elect representative governments is the hallmark of democratic societies. While this right is not widely enjoyed in the Arab world, democratization in Arab societies has nevertheless taken root -- bolstered by media technologies that bypass government control and put the potential for change in the hands of the people.

This is a list of important themes and video segments that can be used in classroom discussions of Dishing Democracy.