Listen to Worldfocus Radio: Martin Savidge hosts “Jerusalem United or Divided?” with Mustafa Barghouti of the Palestinian National Initiative and Gershon Baskin of the Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information.

Click here for more of Worldfocus’ coverage of Israel.

• Watch the signature video: Taxes curb Danish oil use, promote energy independence

But today in Greece, gay rights are not as accepted. Special correspondent Lynn Sherr and producer Megan Thompson examine the state of marriage equality in Greece.

• Read an interview with Georgia Trismpioti of Amnesty International’s Greek division: Activists in Greece agitate for greater rights for gays
• Listen to Worldfocus Radio on LGBT politics and gay asylum
• Watch related signature videos from Jamaica: Violence and venom force gay Jamaicans to hide and Gays in Jamaica worship in underground church

Correspondent Lisa Biagiotti, producer Micah Fink and director of photography Gabrielle Weiss report on the dark side of Jamaica’s anti-gay violence and attitudes and explore the ideological beliefs that perpetuate a culture of homophobia.

• Read Protecting our gay Jamaican sources and their confessions
• Watch all the Worldfocus In the Shadows video signature series
• Listen to Worldfocus Radio on LGBT politics and gay asylum
• For more information on homophobia and HIV in Jamaica, visit The Glass Closet, a multimedia project produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

In Denmark, a Ford Focus costs $51,000 — $34,000 of which are taxes. The Danish economy has grown 78 percent, while cutting carbon emissions in half. The country has also become a net exporter of energy — wind alone has created 30,000 new jobs.

• Watch the signature video: Everyday Danes profit from pioneering wind power

Worldfocus correspondent Mark Litke and producer Ara Ayer report from the Philippines on the risks some reporters face in doing their jobs.

For more on Worldfocus’ coverage of the Philippines, click here.

For more on Worldfocus’ coverage of the Philippines, click here.

Producer Gary Strieker reports from Ethiopia’s Amhara region where 60 percent of children suffer from trachoma.

For more on Worldfocus’ coverage on Ethiopia, click here.

Worldfocus correspondent Martin Seemungal reports from Ethiopia’s coffee country, where farmers are deciding to plant corn and khat, a leafy drug that is chewed with stimulating effects somewhere between caffeine and cocaine.

For more on Worldfocus’ coverage on Ethiopia, click here. Listen to Worldfocus Radio on Entrepreneurship in Ethiopia. Watch the PBS Wide Angle film “The Market Maker” about one woman who has created a commodities exchange and revolutionized agricultural distribution in the country.

For more on Worldfocus’ coverage on Ethiopia, click here.

Correspondent Martin Himel reports from Canada.

A few weeks ago Ivette Feliciano attended an event where Chile’s first female president, Michelle Bachelet, was honored by the Americas Society for her administration’s economic and social achievements navigating the global economic crisis.

She credited her country’s quick recovery after the crisis to her administration’s decision to put away money made when the price of copper was high a few years back. Copper is one of Chile’s main exports.

Watch President Bachelet answer Ivette’s question in the video below:

The Philippines is a microcosm of the problem, with children driven to the streets by crushing poverty.

Worldfocus correspondent Mark Litke and producer Ara Ayer report from the Philippines, where they encounter one man — a former child of the streets himself named Joe Dean Sola — who has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street kids.

Since the story was shot, street children have suffered even more as the result of the severe flooding in the region.

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For more on Worldfocus’ coverage of the Philippines, click here.

In the years since, a stunning transformation has taken place, turning those bases from the ash heap of history into thriving economic enterprises.

Worldfocus correspondent Mark Litke and producer Ara Ayer report from the Philippines.

For more on Worldfocus’ coverage of the Philippines, click here.

Worldfocus correspondents Dave and Amy Marash traveled to Taiwan to learn more about the island and its progressing relations with mainland China.

Below is a list of the signature stories that were most popular with viewers in 2008.

	War in DR Congo: The story of Pascal and Vestine	In the last year alone, more than a million people have fled the fighting in eastern Congo. Worldfocus correspondent Michael Kavanagh tells one family’s story.
	Coffee producers fight cancer in Nicaragua	Cervical cancer is the number one killer of women in Latin America, but Nicaraguan women are finding hope with the help of the country’s top export — coffee.
	Turkish immigrants cement Islam in Germany	As the immigration debate heats up in Germany, mosques are popping up and Turkish immigrants are rising up through the political system.
	Rwanda aims for one laptop per child	Once a site of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, the town of Rwamagana is now going online thanks to the One Laptop Per Child program.
	America looms large in India	Worldfocus correspondent Daljit Dhaliwal reports from New Delhi on how Indians perceive the U.S.
	Middle class sprawls in Nairobi, Kenya	The scene in downtown Nairobi reflects Kenya’s growing middle class, with towering buildings and multinational businesses.
	Italy’s immigration debate intensifies	In the northern city of Treviso, Italy, a gunslingling mayor cracks down on illegal immigration, even as accusations of racism linger.
	India’s outsourcers look to outsource	In the last 10 years, India has become a global center for foreign companies. But worldwide economic strife may lead to shifts in outsourcing patterns.
	Rape as a weapon of war in DR Congo	In the Democratic Republic of Congo, war has raged for more than a decade. The United Nations estimates that 200,000 women and children have been raped in that time, some victims as young as three years old.
	Soviet style hampers a democratic Ukraine	Political progress has come slowly in Ukraine, where new businesses are finding it difficult to escape the Soviet ways.
	Muslim insurgency simmers in southern Thailand	Beyond the recent turmoil in Bangkok, a violent Muslim insurgency has emerged in Thailand’s south.

In Ukraine, today’s political realities and yesterday’s revolutionary dreams may not be in line, and progress has come slowly.

In Poland, the anti-Soviet Polish Solidarity movement has reinvented itself in a democratic and economically strong Poland.

In the Czech Republic, the younger generation knows little about the Russian invasion and subsequent demonstrations that took place 40 years ago, and the country has problems discussing its past.

In Hungary, people still commemorate 1956 revolution — when approximately 200,000 Hungarians gathered in front of the country’s Parliament to demand an end to Soviet rule. Even as they move forward, Hungarians never quite leave the past behind.

Correspondent Dave Marash reports in a Worldfocus signature series: After the Fall.

Correspondent Dave Marash travels to the shipyards of Gdansk, Poland, where the movement was born in 1980.

Worldfocus also explores the post-Soviet Czech Republic and Hungary in our signature series: After the Fall.