Director Ricardo Pollack talks about how he got to know the members of MS-18 in El Salvador.

Learn about El Salvador's history of civil unrest and political and social turmoil in the photo essay.

Learn about the history of gangs in El Salvador and their ties to the United States in this timeline.

July 10, 2006: Anne W. Patterson, former U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, discusses anti-gang efforts and U.S. deportation policy with Anchor, Daljit Dhaliwal.

(Encore presentation August 5, 2008) With unprecedented access to the lives of these self-proclaimed “homeboys,” "18 with a Bullet" uncovers the inner workings of a gang whose transnational membership numbers in the tens of thousands and which has captured the attention of U.S. law enforcement.

Iran's unelected supreme religious leader still wields ultimate authority; and hard-line ideologues and militants have successfully blocked, sometimes violently, popular efforts to reform.

DR. ANTHONY FAUCI discusses the possibility of an avian flu pandemic with anchor Bill Moyers.

WIDE ANGLE travels to Vietnam to investigate the threat of a global pandemic.

Learn more about influenza and science's struggle against it in the Photo Essay.

Producer Micha Fink talks about the making of H5N1 Killer Flu.

Link to more information about avian flu.

(September 20, 2005) WIDE ANGLE travels to Vietnam to investigate the threat of a global pandemic, portraying Vietnam's response to outbreaks in its cities, provinces and villages, where doctors, epidemiologists and veterinarians are battling the virus.

Since 2003, 58 people have died of avian flu in Southeast Asia, and unofficial reports coming out of China suggest that the number may be significantly higher.