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Title Dateline: Independence Day/Failed State/Greek Tragedy
Published Australia : SBS ONE, 2011
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Summary Sunday's Dateline comes from the newest country in the world, South Sudan, which comes into existence this weekend after decades of civil war; What hope is there for Somalia? Dateline gets unprecedented access to the crisis in one of the world's most dangerous places; Aaron Lewis is on the streets of Athens amid the protests over Greece's financial crisis and severe austerity measuresINDEPENDECE DAYDateline on Sunday comes from the newest country in the world, South Sudan, which comes into existence this weekend after the region's five decades of civil war with northern Sudan.Yalda Hakim hosts the program amid the celebrations in the capital, Juba, but there's no doubt that huge challenges lie ahead for this fledgling nation, with disputes remaining over part of the border.It's also one of world's least developed areas, but has rich supplies of oil and undeveloped agricultural land. So is South Sudan ready for independence?FAILED STATESunday's Dateline goes where few western journalists have ever been... to the Somali frontline in Mogadishu, where civil war is destroying the country, already killing a million people and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.The scenes witnessed by reporter Peter Greste from the BBC's Panorama are desperate - people constantly on the move to try and avoid danger, living in appalling conditions in war-damaged buildings and desperately fighting for food from aid agencies.Many are even trying to escape the country completely to places like the world's biggest refugee camp in northern Kenya, or through the dangerous pirated waters of the Arabian Gulf.And there's concern that one group fighting the UN-backed Somali government, Al Shabaab, has close links to al-Qaeda and could ultimately also threaten the west's security.So after 20 years of fighting, what hope is there in one of the most dangerous places on earth?GREEK TRAGEDYThe world has watched recently as violent protests have wreaked havoc in Athens, amid Greece's struggle with its economic meltdown.This Sunday, video journalist Aaron Lewis gets to the people of all ages and backgrounds protesting over government cuts, which have seen increases in unemployment and taxes set against cuts in salaries and pensions. In their words, they're the ones having to pay for their government's incompetence.And with another set of austerity measures just passed, there seems no easy answer over what will solve this European financial crisis
Event Broadcast 2011-07-10 at 20:30:00
Notes Classification: NC
Subject Autonomy (Psychology) -- Social aspects.
Civil war -- Religious aspects.
Newly independent states -- Politics and government.
Protest movements.
Structural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Social aspects.
War victims -- Psychology.
Greece.
Somalia.
South Sudan.
Form Streaming video
Author Aden, Noor, contributor
Ahmed, Maryam, contributor
Al-Bashir, Omar, contributor
Greste, Peter, reporter
Hakim, Yalda, host
Lewis, Aaron, reporter
Maritsa, Dimitra, contributor
Mbuusi, Anthony, contributor
Mugisha, Nathan, contributor
Nur, Jumali Mohamed, contributor
Panagopolous, Yanis, contributor
Papandreou, George, contributor
Varoufakis, Yanis, contributor
Yussuf, Mohamed, contributor