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Textbook Diplomacy - Part Two

In Europe, school history textbooks are used to heal the wounds of conflict, overcome deep-seated antagonisms between neighbouring countries and achieve greater understanding among states that must work together politically and economically.

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Author and journalist Gary Younge tells the story of the other side of the Obama phenomenon, meeting people who think his presidency is nothing but bad news.

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Zheng He was an epic seafarer who predates Columbus - and who symbolises China's martine supremacy. Why don’t more of us know more about him?

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Author and journalist Gary Younge tells the story of the other side of the Obama phenomenon, meeting people who think his presidency is nothing but bad news.

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Farayi Mungazi looks ahead to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and explores how racial politics have affected football's development in that country.

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On 12th January a powerful earthquake struck Haiti in the Caribbean. As many as 200,000 people may have been killed and some 2 million are in need of aid. In this edition of Assignment the BBC's International Development Corrrespondent Mark Doyle reports on Ten days in Haiti.

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Mark Whitaker looks at South Africa’s struggle to produce school history textbooks that are adequate and appropriate for the post-apartheid country.

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Adebayor, Droga and Essien are African football superstars who have found fame and wealth in Europe, but as Farayi Mungazi tells us, there are many who have failed in the quest for glory.

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Gavin Lee tells the story of how a former prison guard at Guantanamo Bay detention centre sought reconciliation with two of his former prisoners.

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Business, money, demographics, politics - these are the issues preventing health reform from going ahead in the US. Michael Goldfarb looks at the complexities.

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As South Africa prepares to host the 2010 World Cup, Farayi Mungazi, the voice of African Sport on BBC World Service’s Fast Track, crosses the continent to explore the history of African Football and tells a story that is by turns epic and unexpected.

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Assignment explores what President Barack Obama done in his attempts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre? The BBC's Jon Manel discovers why the US administration failed to meet the closure deadline set on the President's second day in office.

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Michael Goldfarb looks at President Obama's mission to reform America's health care system.

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As South Africa prepares to host the 2010 World Cup, Farayi Mungazi, the voice of African Sport on BBC World Service’s Fast Track, crosses the continent to explore the history of African Football and tells a story that is by turns epic and unexpected.

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Angola has also been described as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Rob Walker re-traces the story of the "Angolagate" deal and goes on the trail of a story that changed the course of the civil war in the 1990s - and tracks down those who got rich because of it.

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The Jyväskylä School for the Visually Impaired in Finland has one important aim: discouraging blind children from relying on high tech and expensive navigational aids. Find out how they help.

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A midget street thug on a kiddy bike. Incompetent thieves who resort to stealing air-conditioning units. A woman too drunk to notice a police car heading towards her with all lights flashing. These are just some of the criminals and junkies, the faithful and forlorn encountered by one police officer cruising the streets of one Midwestern US city. But this policeman has an eye for the weird, an overdeveloped sense of humour and a talent for narrative. Which is why Officer Jay Chiarit ...

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Twenty years ago, on November 9th, the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. The greatest symbol of the Cold War, which many never dreamt they would see disappear, was overwhelmed by people power. This momentous event precipitated largely peaceful revolutions across Eastern Europe as people shook off 40 years of communism. The BBC’s World Affairs Editor John Simpson, experienced it at first hand. He was in the thick of the action for the gun battles in Bucharest, Romania. Taking ...

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The Canadian city of Vancouver is routinely named as one of the best communities in the world in which to live. But the city, which is to host the 2010 Winter Olympics in the coming weeks, is fast developing another reputation: one built on illicit drugs and guns. Bill Law reports for Assignment on the youngsters in the city who are exploiting legal loopholes to build a multi-billion dollar industry.

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Nick Baker is on a mission to connect people, stories and places via internet cafe. Via Kenya and France he finds a remarkable story in Benin of a young man for whom a single search changed his life.

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