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Diamonds of War - Africa´s Blood Diamonds:
Diamonds are symbols of affection - widely thought to be as pure as love itself - and the vast majority are legal stones that are mined, exported, and sold in the clear light of day. But for years, some diamonds have been sold illegally - with devastating results linking to war, blood and brutality.

The Hunt For Zarqawi:
With exclusive access, National Geographic takes you inside the relentless manhunt for Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, one of the world´s most wanted terrorists.

Inside North Korea:
Go undercover with National Geographic correspondent Lisa Ling as she journeys into mysterious and reclusive North Korea. Posing as part of an international medical team, Lisa and her camera crew reveal the extraordinary, hidden face of this insular, little-known place, from the powerful control Kim Jong II exerts over his people to the military powder keg of life along the heavily armed demilitarized zone.

Lockdown: Inside America´s Prisons:
America´s prisons are teeming with dangerous and conniving criminals - here, only the strong - and devious - survive. But prisons are striking back. Institutional weapons of choice include state-of-the-art surveillance and old school isolation. Lockdown: Inside America´s Prisons goes inside this real-life war zone with National Geographic´s exclusive camera access and astonishing inmate interviews.

Triple Cross - Bin Laden´s Spy in America:
National Geographic reveals the extraordinary untold story of Osama bin Laden´s brilliant intelligence agent whose masterful maneuverings facilitated nefarious acts of terror. Using insight from FBI, military and justice department officials, National Geographic exposes how one man exploited gaps in the U.S. intelligence community.

Wetback - The Undocumented Documentary:
Filmmaker Arturo Perez Torres follows in the footsteps of two friends traveling on an extraordinary and extremely dangerous journey from Central America to North America.

World´s Most Dangerous Drug:
Methamphetamine - "meth" - is considered to be one of the hardest drugs to quit. This dangerous drug is ravaging rural communities and spreading its poison to major metropolitan areas and across international borders at an alarming rate. What makes this drug so powerful, addictive, and destructive?

World´s Most Dangerous Gang:
World´s Most Dangerous Gang reveals how MS-13 works from those who know it best - detailing its extreme culture and rituals through revealing interviews with active members, those struggling to break free and investigators dedicated to stemming the increasing tide of violence that now spills beyond our borders.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 9 Augusti, 2008