7-14 January, 2000

BBC News Online presents a round-up of some of the week's most remarkable television stories covered by BBC correspondents.

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An illiterate future for Afghanistan's girls

Rebecca Milligan entered Afghanistan even though the ruling Taleban movement usually bans foreign film crews. She discovered an entire generation of girls in danger of being left illiterate because of the government's education policy.

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The plight of Biafra's forgotten veterans

Thirty years after the end of the devastating Biafran war, Barnaby Phillips went to Nigeria to talk to the veterans who fought and lost the campaign. Many of them feel they have been betrayed and forgotten by the government.

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Indonesia's army quells Ambon violence

Richard Galpin needed a military escort to travel into the Indonesian island of Ambon. A huge deployment of soldiers has been stationed there to try to stop the bloody violence between the local Christian and Muslim communities.

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Hillary confronts talk show king and critic

In an attempt to boost her image in the Senate race, Hillary Clinton appeared on a popular US talk show hosted by one of her harshest critics - David Letterman. Nick Bryant watched the would-be New York political leader from the comfort of his couch.

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Infectious flies put Cuba's cattle in peril

A potentially deadly cattle disease is spreading rapidly throughout Cuba, leaving farmers destitute. Andrew Burroughs was told the screw worm flies which carry the disease must be eliminated quickly or the problem could spread to the USA.

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The race to protect Kenya's baby elephants

Alix Kroeger ventured into a Kenyan game reserve to see how conservationists are battling to bring up baby elephants. She heard that poachers are increasingly killing adult elephants as the international market in ivory grows.

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