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4 Episodes 2009 - 2009
Episode 1
Tue, Jan 27, 2009 57 mins
The Season 8 premiere explores an Italian restaurant owner who, backed by anti-crime activists and law enforcement, refused to pay the monthly "tax" required by the Mafia. Also: Chinese Muslims who wound up detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; a Brazilian politician who changed his name to "Barack Obama."
Episode 2
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 57 mins
Sharmeen Obaid examines the Taliban's increasing power and influence within Pakistan. Also: Doug Rushkoff reports on a possible new public-health crisis in South Korea: Internet addiction.
Episode 3
Tue, May 26, 2009 57 mins
Pakistan's struggle with the Taliban is explored. Included: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy details efforts to sway hearts and minds in Karachi and also journeys across the troubled country; David Montero investigates the death of a journalist-friend during the Army's Swat Valley campaign against the Taliban.
Episode 4
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 57 mins
An investigation into the dumping of electronic waste around the world, including in China and Ghana, and the dangers it presents to scavengers seeking to extract precious metals from it. Included: criminals who take information from old computers and cell phones. Also: an entrepreneurial competition in the Middle East; a project to create an affordable wheelchair for the developing world.