Dec 22nd, 2008 · The director of the brutal Fight Club and the serial-killer thriller Seven has teamed up with Brad Pitt again — but this time the movie they've made is a swooning big-screen romance.
Dec 22nd, 2008 · Some Guatemalans says they've have had enough of brutal extortions by gangs, and corrupt police. Lynch mobs and death squads are now commonplace, as they take matters into their own hands.
Aug 4th, 2008 · Many Mexican immigrants with HIV/AIDS say their country still has a repressive, sometimes brutal way of dealing with those afflicted with the virus. As a result, HIV/AIDS patients in Mexico are seeking — and getting — political asylum in the U.S.
Jul 31st, 2008 · Liberians are working hard to re-build both their country and their lives after years of brutal civil war. The challenge can be particularly difficult for former soldiers. Jackie Redd and Florence Ballah, two women soldiers featured in a new documentary, Women of Liberia: Fighting for Peace, discuss the ills of war and rebuilding after loss.
Jul 24th, 2008 · Radovan Karadzic's arrest on war crimes charges was met with a burst of celebration in the streets of Sarajevo, which suffered a brutal siege during the Bosnia war in the 1990s at the hands of Bosnia Serb militias loyal to Karadzic. But many citizens of Sarajevo are bitter that he was able to live on the lam for 13 years before he was detained.
Jun 26th, 2008 · Walter Mitty meets Lara Croft, and then both pretend they're in The Matrix. That's Hollywood's latest hymn to hit men, a brutal but lazily plotted actioner from Russia's Timur Bekmambetov.
Jun 10th, 2008 · A new Human Rights Watch report blasts the government of Zimbabwe for inciting brutal attacks against opposition supporters. The report says President Robert Mugabe's violent campaign virtually rules out any chance of a free and fair presidential runoff election. Human Rights Watch also says the ruling party has set up torture camps around the country to force voters to support Mugabe.
Jun 9th, 2008 · Now that Hillary Clinton has suspended her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, the party is trying to heal its wounds from the brutal nominating contest. Host Renee Montagne talks with NPR's David Greene about what's next for Clinton and whether she can get her supporters to back Barack Obama.