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Tarek Mehanna Found Guilty

By The World ⋅ December 20, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

Tarek Mehanna (Photo: Sudbury Police Department)

The jury in Boston convicted him of conspiring to help al-Qaeda and plotting to kill US soldiers in Iraq.

Myanmar’s Fraught Relationship With its Ethnic Minorities

By Bruce Wallace ⋅ November 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

A woman waters a field near the Je Yang Hka internally displaced peoples camp in Kachin State, Myanmar. (Photo: Ryan Libre)

New conflict in Kachin State shows how hard reform in Myanmar will be.

9/11: When America Crossed a Threshold

By The World ⋅ August 26, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Bruce Hoffman (Photo courtesy: Georgetown University)

Reflecting on the changes in the American society since 9/11.

Pakistan’s reluctant war on terrorism

By Matthew Bell ⋅ October 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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South Asia expert Christine Fair on Pakistan’s “partial war against terrorism.” Insurgent groups in Pakistan with ties to Al Qaeda and the Taliban are a threat to the government of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and a huge problem for Washington.Download MP3

Locating al-Qaeda

By The World ⋅ August 31, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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America’s top general in Afghanistan says the situation there is serious and a new strategy is needed. It’s assumed that a key goal of that strategy will be to reduce the capability of al-Qaeda. Which leads us to the question, where is al-Qaeda today? Anchor Marco Werman puts the question to Bruce Hoffman, professor of security studies at Georgetown University.

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