Independence in East Timor
Kira Kay and Jason Maloney report on the tenth anniversary of East Timor’s independence from Indonesia, and efforts to build a lasting democracy in one of the world’s most fragile states. Credits: Reporter: Kira Kay Producer / Camera / Editor: Jason Maloney Production Associates: Gayathri Vaidyanathan, Elspeth Montgomery A production of the Bureau for International [...]
Read MoreHow to Get to Sesame Street? Visit 64th and Broadway
Big Bird, Elmo, Oscar, and the Sesame Street gang got together today to celebrate on the eve of their 40th anniversary. Big Bird towered over puppet lovers at a busy intersection near Columbus Circle, providing a yellow splash of color to the skyline. Mayor Bloomberg has declared tomorrow “Sesame Street Day” and temporarily named the [...]
Read MoreRaj Rajarathnam’s Bail
Raj Rajaratnam looked unusually charming in person. Surrounded by a troupe of lawyers inside the magisterial courtroom in Manhattan’s Second District Courthouse, he was calm, unflappable and dressed in a uniform black. A newspaper sketch artist hovered around him like a fly, closely studying his sideburns for exact representation in pastels.
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