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Best of Dispatches, August 24, 2008 -- Kabul, Afghanistan, Islamabad, Pakistan, Fosu, Ghana, Turkmenistan, Leeds, England, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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from CBC Radio: Dispatches

external site | Download | Recommend | Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00

The new 0pium Eaters of Afghanistan; the world's oldest narcotic is hooking the country's children. A Canadian journalist goes to Sierra Leone to teach young reporters, but gets schooled in the perils of being one. The unsung compassion of Sylvia Nortey. Ghana did away with school fees so teachers like her could help more kids learn. Now if only they had money for pencils. The long and winding road to Pakistan's National Art Gallery, from the architect who refused to veer from the path.