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Afghanistan's Opium Profits Soared in 2011
The value of opium produced in Afghanistan increased by 133 percent last year to $1.4 billion, or about 9 percent of the country's GDP...
January 17, 2012
How Much Electricity Does My State Generate From Nuclear?
Our state-by-state map might surprise you (especially if you live in Vermont or Connecticut).
January 17, 2012
Did Santorum Suggest Iran Wants Nukes to Bring Back Messiah?
As international inspectors confirmed Monday that Iran has begun enriching uranium at its underground Fordo plant, presidential hopeful Rick Santorum laid out a bold claim that Iran's leadership deliberately located the plant to hasten an apocalyptic "end-of-times" scenario. FRONTLINE asked some experts to assess his claim.
January 13, 2012
Court-Martial Recommended for WikiLeaks Suspect
Pfc. Bradley Manning should be referred to a general court-martial, Lt. Col. Paul Almanza, the investigating officer assigned to Manning's pre-trial hearing, recommended today.
January 12, 2012
Press Release
On Feb. 14, FRONTLINE presents the television premiere of the award-winning documentary The Interrupters, the moving story of three dedicated "violence interrupters"—Ameena Matthews, Cobe Williams and Eddie Bocanegra—who, with bravado, humility and even humor, work to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they themselves once employed.
January 11, 2012
Prosecutors Move to Shut Down Mendocino Pot Permit Program
Mendocino County’s ambitious effort to regulate marijuana production – the first of its kind in California and the nation – is facing growing uncertainty following new threats of legal action by federal prosecutors.
January 11, 2012
Why Isn't Pakistan Prosecuting Mumbai Suspects?
It’s been more than three years since the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks — a slaughter carried out by Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-i-Taiba that left 166 dead, including six Americans — but there is still little to show that its masterminds in Pakistan are being held accountable.
January 10, 2012
Why Is America Reaching Out to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood?
As the final results of Egypt's parliamentary elections come in this week, the country's Islamists are walking away the biggest winners.
January 6, 2012
