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Something's Moving

2008-12-01T06:34:21Z

Survivors of a U.S. boarding school for the Lakota are breaking the chain of trauma in order to heal their spirits, their community and the country.

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Bing West on More Troops to Afghanistan

2008-11-19T16:52:29Z

"Afghanistan is about four times tougher than Iraq," says Bing West.

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Bing West on Iraq: Four Years with no Strategy

2008-11-13T10:50:06Z

For four years there was a fundamental disconnect between President and the entire U.S. military on strategies and goals for Iraq.

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Bing West on Iraq: What Turned it Around?

2008-11-13T10:50:06Z

What changed the course of the war? It wasn't the White House, says Bing West. It was a combination of Sunni commanders like Sattar who became disillusioned with al-Qaeda, and savvy U.S. soldiers on the ground.

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Bing West on Iraq: The Surge

2008-11-19T16:52:29Z

The surge was a leap into the unknown for the White House, and it worked--but only because the Sunni attitude had changed, says Bing West.

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Bing West on Iraq: Next President's Fundamental Issue?

2008-11-19T16:52:29Z

The fundamental issue in Iraq for the next president, says Bing West, is not setting a timetable for troop withdrawal. It is getting leverage over Prime Minister Malicki.

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Witness - The Alphabet Book - Part 2

2008-10-27T21:29:57Z

Can the small Kalesh tribe surrounded by a hostile community on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan survive with the introduction of an alphabet.

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Witness - The Alphabet Book - Part 1

2008-10-27T21:29:56Z

Can the small Kalesh tribe surrounded by a hostile community on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan survive with the introduction of an alphabet.

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Beach of Death Part Two

2008-12-01T06:25:12Z

Embera Tribe Ritual

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Hmong protest being forced back to Laos -23 June 08

2008-10-26T15:31:46Z

About 2,000 ethnic Hmong from Laos have agreed to return to return home after a mass breakout from a Thai detention centre. They marched out of the camp trying to bring attention to their claims for asylum. Some say they were offered $500 per family from the Los government to return home. That's the equivalent of half a year's wage in the impoverished nation. But 3,000 Hmong refuse to go back and they are demanding urgent help from the United Nations' refugees agency, Al Jazeera's Hannah Belcher reports.

centre. They marched out of the camp trying to bring attention to their claims for asylum.
Some say they were offered $500 per family from the Los government to trutn home. Thats the quivalent of half a year's wage in the impoevrished nation,.
But 3,000 Hmong refuse to go back and they are demanding urgent help from the United Nations' refugees agency, Al Jazeera's Hannah Belcher reports.

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Tribes in Darfur unite in cultural exchange - 18 Jun 08

2008-10-26T15:29:38Z

It is a conflict that has been going on for five years, and despite numerous rounds of talks and international pressure, there is still no sign of any progress on bringing peace to Darfur.

Fighting between the various tribes, militia and government forces has led to over 300,000 people dead, according to the UN.

More than 2 million have been displaced, forced to live in camps in the region and over the border in Chad.

The public is left frustrated by the continued failure of efforts to end the fighting; as a result some are taking matters into their own hands.

In the final report of Al Jazeera's special series on Darfur, Mohammed Vall went to meet a group of Arab and African tribes trying to promote peace at a community level.

The very objective is to use cultural events to defuse ethnic tension.

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'Lost tribe' discovered on Brazil-Peru border - 30 May 08

2008-10-24T09:30:28Z

Paul Allen reports on one of the world's last remaining lost tribes.

Brazil's Government has released pictures of a previously unseen community of people living in the Amazonian rain forest.

It is believed they have never had previous contact with the outside world.

They were located on the remote border between Brazil and Peru.

The footage was taken from the air by Funai, a Brazilian government foundation, dedicated to the protection of lost tribes.

Funai has a policy to not contact tribes similar to this one, and instead try to prevent invasions of their land so they remain autonomous.

But the agency warns the tribe, and others like it believed to be living in the Amazon, that they are at risk from illegal logging.

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Witness - Bushmen Business - 23 May 08 - Part 1

2008-10-16T15:30:30Z

Formerly called Bushmen for their tracking and outdoor survival skills, San communities relocated to South Africa have adapted their talents to new markets.

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Witness - Bushmen Business - 23 May 08 - Part 2

2008-10-16T21:30:25Z

Formerly called Bushmen for their tracking and outdoor survival skills, San communities relocated to South Africa have adapted their talents to new markets.

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The Lost Tribe Part 3 - March 15 08

2008-10-14T11:29:52Z

They fought alongside the CIA during the Vietnam War. And they've been paying for it ever since. About 7000 of them are still hiding in remote jungles, left behind by those lucky enough to flee. Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley is following their plight. In part three of his special reports, a brief reunion of sorts for one family.

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The Lost Tribe - 10 Mar 08 - Pt. 1

2008-11-23T06:39:24Z

The Hmong hill tribe in Laos was recruited in 1961 by the CIA, to fight a "Secret War" against the Communists of North Vietnam. Their job was to try to block the Vietcong's supply route.

Known as the "Ho Chi Minh trail", it ran through Laos, along the border with Vietnam. More than 40,000 Hmong were killed in the fighting that followed.

When the US fled Saigon in 1975, Communists also seized control of Laos.

The Hmong, abandoned by the US, allegedly became the target of retaliation and persecution.

This marked the beginning of the mass exodus of Hmong refugees into Thailand, which eventually swelled to more than 300,000.

Known as the "Ho Chi Minh trail", it ran through Laos, along the border with Vietnam. More than 40,000 Hmong were killed in the fighting that followed.

When the US fled Saigon in 1975, Communists also seized control of Laos.

The Hmong, abandoned by the US, allegedly became the target of retaliation and persecution.

This marked the beginning of the mass exodus of Hmong refugees into Thailand, which eventually swelled to more than 300,000.

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The Lost Tribe - 10 Mar 08 - Pt. 2

2008-10-19T15:29:42Z

The Hmong hill tribe in Laos was recruited in 1961 by the CIA, to fight a "Secret War" against the Communists of North Vietnam. Their job was to try to block the Vietcong's supply route.

Known as the "Ho Chi Minh trail", it ran through Laos, along the border with Vietnam. More than 40,000 Hmong were killed in the fighting that followed.

When the US fled Saigon in 1975, Communists also seized control of Laos.

The Hmong, abandoned by the US, allegedly became the target of retaliation and persecution.

This marked the beginning of the mass exodus of Hmong refugees into Thailand, which eventually swelled to more than 300,000.

Some of them were eventually resettled in the US, but many continue to languish in Thai detention camps. And at least 7,000 Hmong are still hiding in the mountains and jungles of Laos, including some former CIA fighters.

Under constant threat of attack by the army -- they are a lost tribe -- forgotten by the world for more than three decades.

Our correspondent Tony Birtley trekked for two days from the town of Phon Savan to reach their jungle hideout -- the first television journalist ever to do so.

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Odinga's heartland of Kisumu - 06 Mar 08

2008-10-14T11:23:18Z

Mwai Kibaki, the Kenyan president, gets much of his support from the Kikuyu tribe - centred around the Nairobi, the capital.

Raila Odinga, the opposition leader, draws his strength from western Kenya - particularly the town of Kisumu.

Al Jazeera's John Cookson went to Kisumu to gauge reaction to the power-sharing deal made to end the country's political crisis.

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Southern Soul Denver March PowWow Final Drum 2003

2008-10-28T10:50:08Z

Southern Soul Plays the Final Drum at the Denver March Pow Wow 2003

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Mosuo Women - China

2008-10-24T03:30:35Z

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Sudan tribes wrestle in greeting 26-August-2007

2008-10-25T09:30:19Z

The Baqqara Tribes of central Sudan mark the end of the cattle herding season with celebrations, including wrestling matches.

Rawya Rageh reports for Al Jazeera on the tradition.

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People & Power - Blood of the Earth - 15 Aug 07

2008-10-25T15:29:48Z

People & Power travel to north-east Columbia to investigate the ancient UWA tribe's struggle to preserve their life and culture amidst recent oil discovery and exploitation in their region.

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Heart of Darfur: The Fur tribe 16 Augst 07

2008-10-25T15:30:44Z

The villagers who live among the Jebel Marra Mountains in Sudan's Darfur region say they're blessed with an abundance of natural resources but live in poverty. As part of Al Jazeera's exclusive series on Darfur. Mohammed Vall went to speak to some of the 'Fur' people living in the foothills where Sudan's largest rebel group keeps watch.

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Starving to death in Argentina - 12 Aug 07

2008-10-25T21:29:26Z

Since July, 12 members of the Toba tribe have died from malnourishment and associated diseases.

In a country in the midst of an economic boom, human rights groups are blaming the government for neglecting Argentina's original inhabitants.

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Witness - A Maasai Tale - Part Two

2008-10-14T11:30:11Z

Sitatien Kaelo embarks on a new life with the help of a Maasai tribal leader and a university scholarship in America.

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