JUNE 2008

  • Animal rights activists have shut down all slaughterhouses for horses
    Monday, 30th June,2008

    THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?

    Ginny Stein reports on the most divisive, emotionally charged animal rights debate unfolding in the US; what to do with unwanted horses?

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  • This week Dateline invites you into the virtual world of Egypt's online community.
    Monday, 30th June,2008

    EGYPT'S FACEBOOK FACE OFF

    This week Dateline invites you into the virtual world of Egypt's online community.

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  • Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has refused to release full official results from the country's presidential election in March. (AAP)
    Thursday, 26th June,2008

    INTERVIEW WITH SIR JOHN SAWERS

    George Negus spoke with Sir John Sawers, the British Ambassador to the UN, a key player at the Security Council table.

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  • Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai arrived home on Saturday after a six-week absence vowing to end the near-three-decade rule of veteran president Robert Mugabe in next month's election. (Getty Images)
    Wednesday, 25th June,2008

    INTERVIEW WITH MORGAN TSVANGIRAI

    Morgan Tsvangirai says he doesn't want to be apart of the Zimbabwean election, branding it as a 'war'.

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  • Iceland is to resume whaling (AAP)
    Tuesday, 24th June,2008

    MINKE ON THE MENU

    Nick Lazaredes reports from Iceland, where it seems the nation is divided over its stance on commercial whaling.

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  • A man walks past posters of Zimbabwean presidential candidates Robert Mugabe, Simba Makoni and Morgan Tsvangirai
    Friday, 20th June,2008

    MUGABE'S CALLING CARD

    In the lead up to the Presidential run-off, Dateline enters Zimbabwe to secretly film the horrific reality of daily intimidation, torture and murder of Opposition supporters.

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  • Former Saudi Arabian oil minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani
    Tuesday, 17th June,2008

    INTERVIEW WITH SHEIKH AHMED ZAKI YAMANI

    Former Saudi Arabian oil minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani tells Dateline it's the futures market and speculators who are to blame for oil's skyrocketing price.

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  • An unexploded cluster bomb
    Tuesday, 17th June,2008

    THE CLUSTER BUSTERS

    Meet Nobel Peace Prize winner John Rodsted, an Australian anti cluster bomb campaigner making headlines around the world.

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  • This week Dateline invites you to the sewer tunnels of Sao Paulo
    Friday, 13th June,2008

    BRAZIL'S UNDERGROUND ART

    Dateline invites you to the sewer tunnels of Sao Paulo, to see artworks that have galleries in London and New York in a frenzy.

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  • This week Mark Davis reports from Beirut, where a potential peace deal between Hezbollah and the government could restore order
    Wednesday, 11th June,2008

    LEBANON - DEAL OR NO DEAL

    Just weeks ago more than 60 people were killed in fighting between the Lebanese government and the militant organisation Hezbollah but now, the two have struck a deal for peace.

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  • Nazi officers on wooden bridge at Solahutte. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
    Friday, 6th June,2008

    HAPPY NAZIS

    This week Dateline takes a chilling look at the lives of those who ran the most notorious death camps ever known – Auschwitz.

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  • What is it about Barack Obama that appeals to so many US voters?
    Tuesday, 3rd June,2008

    AMERICA'S FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT?

    What is it about Democratic hopeful Barack Obama that appeals to so many US voters? Dateline investigates.

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  • About 2,000 people march on through the streets of Cape Town to protest against the xenophobic attacks which broke out throughout South Africa killing more than 60 people in the last month
    Tuesday, 3rd June,2008

    FEAR AND FOREIGNERS IN SOUTH AFRICA

    Tensions continue to run high in South Africa, as waves of xenophobic violence against immigrants leaves its authorities and citizens on high alert.

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  • FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks to Dateline
    Friday, 30th May,2008

    INTERVIEW WITH SEPP BLATTER

    This week George Negus speaks with FIFA President, Sepp Blatter about racism in sport, politics and the future of football.

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  • Rachel Corrie (portrait) was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in 2003 in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.
    Friday, 30th May,2008

    MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE

    Rachel Corrie was a young American peace activist killed in Gaza while trying to stop Israel bulldozing Palestinian homes to create a buffer zone.

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