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1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 min. 28 sec.) ; 321284645 bytes |
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OIL SHOCKMost of the residents of Mayflower in Arkansas had forgotten there was a huge oil pipeline beneath their homes until it burst open, spilling toxic chemicals through the town and its nearby waterways. That focused attention on the millions of kilometres of pipelines criss-crossing the United States carrying oil, gas and petrol - many of them more than 50-years-old. On Tuesday's Dateline, David O'Shea reports from Mayflower on the clean-up operation that is still incomplete six months after the spill. And he follows the high-profile protest against a new, even bigger, pipeline currently being built from Canada to the US Gulf Coast. Critics say the project is both an environmental time bomb and of questionable economic benefit. But without the pipelines, others ask how the country's insatiable demand for fuel will be met.NOUR'S WARNour Kelze's life has been turned upside down by the conflict in Syria. Her home city of Aleppo is in ruins and some of her friends have been killed. It's through her eyes that we see the human cost of the war, in a film to be screened on Tuesday's Dateline. At just 25, Nour has given up her job as a school teacher to become a journalist and document the suffering, knowing that she's putting her own life at risk to report what's happening in her country. We follow her through the ruined streets of the once bustling city, as she recounts the terrible events that have happened along the way. Joining her story is 32-year-old Free Syrian Army leader, Omar Hattab, who was tortured by the Assad regime for seven months. Previously a hardware store owner, he looks forward to a time when Syrians like him can just return to normal and get on with their lives. PARTY PRISONWith its swimming pool, food stalls and overnight accommodation for guests, San Antonio Prison in Venezuela could be mistaken for a holiday resort. But it's actually a very unusual take on prison reform, where inmates live in relative comfort for their sentences. In fact, many don't want to leave. he man in charge is El Conejo, also known as The Rabbit... not Venezuela's prison minister, but an inmate who makes his presence felt throughout the jail. With his permission, Giovana Vitola is allowed to film throughout the prison on her iPhone camera to reveal what life is like there. But behind the dance parties and families having fun in the sunshine, the world of drugs, guns and violence is still evident, and some outside the prison question how it's even been allowed to happen |
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Broadcast 2013-10-01 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Exxon Mobil Corporation.
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Civil war.
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Poisons -- Physiological effect.
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Prisoners -- Conduct of life.
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Prisons -- Social aspects.
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Women photographers.
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United States.
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Venezuela.
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Syria -- Aleppo.
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Streaming video
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Rao, Anjali, host
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Melhem, Yaara Bou, reporter
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O'Shea, David, reporter
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Vitola, Giovana, reporter
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Kelze, Nour, contributor
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