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DETROIT RISINGThe US city of Detroit has become a symbol of the global financial crisis - a once prosperous city, now in crisis with decaying buildings and rising poverty. But there's a group of committed artists and micro-industrialists, who are determined the old Motor City will bounce back from bankruptcy. From kerbside economics to big investors looking to cash in on Detroit's rugged cool, manufacture and jobs are returning to the city, making everything from high-end watches and handbags to bikes. On Tuesday's Dateline, Aaron Lewis looks at the driving force behind Detroit's changing fortunes and asks if Motown is about to undergo a new industrial revolution.LOST IN TRANSMISSIONLike most public broadcasters, Greece's ERT had been a constant presence for decades, transcending changes in government and political upheaval for 75 years. But in June, it was unceremoniously shut down by the troubled Greek government - mid-broadcast, television screens around the country went blank. Three TV channels, more than 20 radio stations, a choir and two orchestras were lost...along with 2,600 jobs. On Tuesday's Dateline, Amos Roberts reports on the events that followed, as members of the public and ERT's staff rallied in protest. Some squatted in the building, giving up their time, unpaid, to broadcast a skeleton service online. Others divided loyalties by moving to Greece's hastily-established new public broadcaster, DT. And earlier this month, the moment ERT's remaining staff had been dreading, as riot police moved in to clear the building and end its broadcasts for good. Some say starting again from scratch was the only way the government could reform the overstaffed public sector, but will history instead reveal it as a 21st Century Greek tragedy?KIRBY'S MISSIONBehind the military pomp and ceremony North Korea displays to the world, relatively little is still known about the realities of life there. But a landmark UN inquiry currently under way in London is hoping to change that by hearing testimony from those who've managed to escape. On Tuesday's Dateline, Yaara Bou Melhem hears some of the harrowing stories of persecution and concentration camp-like conditions from defectors now trying to make a new life in the UK. And she speaks to the man leading the human rights inquiry, former Australian High Court Judge Michael Kirby. As he puts it, either the defectors are telling very imaginative and detailed lies about North Korea, or it's an unmissable opportunity for the world to find out what's really going on and take action |
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Broadcast 2013-11-19 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Civil service -- Administration.
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Municipal government -- Citizen participation.
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Prisoners -- Social conditions.
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Public broadcasting -- Social aspects.
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Women -- Employment.
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Kirby, M. D. (Michael Donald), 1939-.
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England -- London.
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Greece -- Athens.
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Michigan -- Detroit.
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Streaming video
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Rao, Anjali, host
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Lewis, Aaron, reporter
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Melhem, Yaara Bou, reporter
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Roberts, Amos, reporter
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Kapsis, Pantelis, contributor
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Kirby, Michael, contributor
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Morali, Vassiliki, contributor
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