In the remote central-Asian country, militant Muslim fundamentalists want ot seize power and impose strict Islamic rule. This creates a difficult situation for the U.S. war on terrorism in neighboring Afganistan. [showhide type=”transcript” more_text=”Read the Transcript »” less_text=”Close the Transcript”] BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Now, a special report from Central Asia, where militant Muslim fundamentalists, like […]
Category: Asia
Banking on People
Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus created a whole new way to loan money in rural Bangladesh. Instead of focusing on loans to the owners of businesses, he created a system where small loans are given to individual entrepreneurs to help them rise out of poverty. [showhide type=”transcript” more_text=”Read the Transcript »” less_text=”Close the Transcript”] FRED […]
Hmong in America
The Hmong in South East Asia were US allies during the Vietnam war, recruited to help protect their villages from the north Vietnamese. Now, many of them have relocated to the US after the war to escape reprisals. A look at how they have adapted to living in America. [showhide type=”transcript” more_text=”Read the Transcript »” […]
China at 50
As China’s governement celbrates 50 years of communist rule, across the country, there are many reminders of the turbulence and change of the past five decades. [showhide type=”transcript” more_text=”Read the Transcript »” less_text=”Close the Transcript”] FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Shanghai has long been China’s window to the world. It is the country’s commercial and industrial […]
Continuing Mother Theresa’s Work
Don’t Drink the Water
The country of Bangladesh is facing a severe public health crisis because of contaminated drinking water. What was once a model for public health campaigns has now become a major problem as the arsenic levels in the water from newly constructed wells is much higher than that found in the surface water. This has become […]
Xian China
The town of Xian, China was once a major world center. It was here that first empire of a unified China ruled from and it is the home of the famous terracotta army. This is also the main point of departure of the Silk Road that link China to the Western world. Times have been […]