Watch the show from Monday, September 14: U.S.-China trade dispute, a warning from bin Laden, chaos in Somalia and a donkey library in Colombia.
Archive for September 14th, 2009
Chaos in Somalia creates humanitarian crisis in Kenya
Thousands of displaced people continue to stream across the Somali border into a large refugee camp in northern Kenya. Spencer Platt of Getty Images recently returned from the Dadaab refugee complex and shares his impressions.
“Biblioburro” - a donkey library - visits Colombian children
In rural Colombia, a man is bringing knowledge to hundreds of farm children on the back of a burro. A librarian, he travels far and wide to hand out books.
Twitter, blogs and Kenyan TV on deadly Ugandan riots
Twitter users and bloggers have responded to riots that broke out late last week in Uganda’s capital city, leaving at least 21 dead. By Monday, Kampala was relatively calm — but the turmoil points to mounting tensions between Uganda's government and traditional kingdoms.
U.S. tariffs on Chinese tire imports spark trade dispute
U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to impose higher tariffs on Chinese tire imports led to a trade dispute. Daniel Rosen of the Rhodium Group discusses the larger implications. Do you think China will overtake the United States as the world's leading economic power? Tell us what you think.






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