• Air date: 08 Feb '11 3 episodes
      Australia's leading international affairs program featuring fascinating, in-depth stories from the ABC's unrivalled network of foreign correspondents.
  • List of Episodes (3)
    • 1. Yemen - Called to Jihad

      08 Feb '11
      We go on the trail of Australians training for terrorism in the lawless backblocks of a failing nation, Yemen. And the man calling them there is American, angry and bent on jihad.
    • 2. Egypt - Salma in the Square

      15 Feb '11
      At 33, Salma et Tarzi has never known any other leader. Hosni Mubarak has ruled Egypt with such ruthless authority many call him The Last Pharaoh and very few dared to do anything other than quietly comply with his administration. Criticism, dissent even whispered disagreement would risk attracting the attention of Mubarak's henchmen, summary imprisonment, torture, even death. In this portrait of a revolution and one extraordinary participant, reporter Mark Corcoran follows Salma's personal jour
    • 3. Ireland - Goodbye, My Ireland

      22 Feb '11
      You can see them every day at Dublin's International Airport. Couples locked in teary embraces, damp-eyed mums and dads farewelling sons and daughters. Friends promising to stay in touch. 1000 people are leaving each week, heading to the four corners of the world in search of work and a better life. Many, like electrician Alan Niland and chef Sean Sherry are going to Australia.