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Inspired by Peace Day on Sunday 21st September, we ask will there ever be a resolution to the many wars we wage? Current’s globetrotting reporters and citizen journalists take their cameras deep into the heart of some of the world’s worst conflicts; from the warfields of Darfur and Iraq to the backstreets of London they show you what life is like for people living with conflict everyday, as well as the people who are committing their lives to resolving it, as we ask, can there ever be World Peace?
Tune in tonight at 9pm on Current TV.
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Virgin Media Channel 155Inspired by Peace Day on Sunday 21st September, we ask will there ever be a resolution... more
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With the constant barrage of stories about violent crime and the perpetrators being volatile ready to snap young people, its easy to become a little paranoid, not wanting to venture too far into the world outside. But what about the positive stuff happening out there that no one writes about? This Pod discovers the stories that redress the balance to see how peace can come out of war on the streets of London.With the constant barrage of stories about violent crime and the perpetrators being... more
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After suffering a horrific genocide in which up to 300,000 people lost their lives, and a 15-year civil war, Burundi signed a final peace agreement in June of 2008.
Now, it has the chance to become to the first country in the world declared 100% free from all known landmines and unexploded ordnance.After suffering a horrific genocide in which up to 300,000 people lost their lives,... more
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Is there an art to living free of conflict on a personal, community or even global level? In this modern age can we find ways of resolving conflict without resorting to violence? One Indian guru thinks that by changing our brain activity we can change our behaviour.
Set up by the Indian spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the Art of Living is an NGO, which has consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the UN. With a 25 million member global presence the organisation delivers self-development programmes in 140 countries all using breathing and meditation as the main tools. As an extension of this the organisation also participates in global conflict resolution of the non- violent kind believing that the source of conflict is in the minds of the people. VC2 producer Dami Akinnusi experiences Shankar's course for herself and discovers that she starts to feel much calmer!Is there an art to living free of conflict on a personal, community or even global... more
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Alex Rose is an exciting young entrepreneur from Tooting, South London, who has turned his T-Shirt company into a vehicle for social change to stop gun and knife crime. This is his story.Alex Rose is an exciting young entrepreneur from Tooting, South London, who has turned... more
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Emmanuel Jal is no ordinary hip-hop star. Take a few seconds to listen to his rhymes and they tell an incredible story of hope, of escaping his fate as a child soldier in his home of war-torn Sudan and using music to spread peace. This feature will be about Emmanuel's story and music.Emmanuel Jal is no ordinary hip-hop star. Take a few seconds to listen to his rhymes... more
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This pod follows comedians with the Israeli Palestinian Comedy Tour http://www.ipcomedytour.com), as they travel and perform in East Jerusalem. The tour was conceived by prominent Arab American journalist Ray Hanania , who started the IP Comedy Tour and became a performer after 9/11. The "IP Comedy Tour" has had several successful runs with sold out houses - both in Israel and in the U.S. - as well as extensive media coverage. The comedians are diverse-- Palestinian, Egyptian, secular Jewish, and Orthodox Jewish - yet share the common goal of promoting better understanding and diffusing mutual suspicion through the universality of laughter.This pod follows comedians with the Israeli Palestinian Comedy Tour... more
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Three young Americans known collectively as Blakkbox travel to Lebanon during the height of the 2006 July War between the Israeli military and Hezbollah. The first pod of the 7-episode series details what it's like going into a war zone when everyone is heading out.Three young Americans known collectively as Blakkbox travel to Lebanon during the... more
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Long before the Iraq war, Muslim insurgents began fighting for independence in Kashmir, the only Muslim majority state in India. India sent in half a million troops and kept them there. 18 years later, there is still an insurgency.Long before the Iraq war, Muslim insurgents began fighting for independence in... more
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Residents of a neighborhood in Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir, walk through the remains of a house destroyed by an early morning shootout between insurgents and police.Residents of a neighborhood in Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir, walk through the... more
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As the number of teenagers murdered in London escalates, Dewi Bruce-Konuah talks to the friends of murdered 15 year-old Billy Cox, about the causes of youth violence.As the number of teenagers murdered in London escalates, Dewi Bruce-Konuah talks to... more
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A look inside the reality and mechanics of gang warfare in Glasgow, the worst in Europe...
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A remarkable insight into the increasing issues surrounding knife crime in London in this authored film by Shola Amoo.A remarkable insight into the increasing issues surrounding knife crime in London in... more
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Adrian Baschuk is on the scene in the West Bank where a peaceful Friday afternoon turns violent.Adrian Baschuk is on the scene in the West Bank where a peaceful Friday afternoon... more
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President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan has been charged in the International Criminal Courts. The ICC charges against al-Bashir include genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan has been charged in the International Criminal... more
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War photographer Mark Brecke explains the current situation of genocide in Darfur, Sudan, with his photographs.War photographer Mark Brecke explains the current situation of genocide in Darfur,... more
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Leo Docherty returned from his mission with the British Army in Afghanistan totally disillusioned. In this frank interview, Leo describes his experience of the war and the morality of the military selling their stories to the press.Leo Docherty returned from his mission with the British Army in Afghanistan totally... more
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Children fleeing the genocide in Darfur describe the atrocities they have witnessed in their homeland. They remember their parents and siblings slaughtered in front of their eyes. They see pregnant mothers cut open and fetuses thrown into fire.
Incredibly, the children also contemplate a possible reason for the genocide - that many of their attackers have never been to school.Children fleeing the genocide in Darfur describe the atrocities they have witnessed in... more
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After 15 years of anarchy, Current's Kaj Larsen and Christof Putzel venture into Mogadishu, Somalia to explore how the city is adjusting to the new self-proclaimed government, the Islamic Court Union.After 15 years of anarchy, Current's Kaj Larsen and Christof Putzel venture into... more
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CJ Contributors from the UK talk about the war in Iraq.
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