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The Fifth Floor Episodes

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    The Refugee Crisis as Seen from Syria

    The reality of life in Damascus today

  2. Should Celebrities Run for Office?

    The actors and musicians who have won and lost on the political stage

  3. Indonesia's Chilli Crisis

    How a huge increase in the price of red chillies is hurting Indonesians

  4. Beirut's 'You Stink' Protests

    On the frontline of Beirut's protests over rubbish.

  5. War on Error: Reporting Insurgency

    How to separate rumours from truth when reporting on Boko Haram and the Afghan Taliban.

  6. Bands Battle over the Kenyan Airwaves

    Why there are street protests in Kenya about the amount of airtime devoted to local music

  7. Cuba: No Internet, No Problem

    How Cubans share what's on the net one hard drive at a time.

  8. Meeting Mullah Omar

    A rare encounter with the reclusive Taliban leader. Stories from a 91热爆 Afghan journalist.

  9. Beyond Obama-mania: Reporters' Stories

    91热爆 Africa journalists share insights of President Obama's relationship with Africa

  10. Iran Nuclear Talks: Survivors' Tales

    The challenges of covering the marathon negotiations leading to the Iran nuclear deal

  11. Surviving the Somali Civil War and the 7/7 attacks

    A life-changing decision to step off a bus.

  12. Tunisia's Identity Crisis

    The young Tunisians who are drawn to extremism

  13. Presidential Staying Power

    The African leaders who love to stay on, even if it means rewriting the constitution

  14. The Manden Charter: Mali's Magna Carta

    The story of the 13th Century charter which established laws for the clans of West Africa

  15. Reporting Accra's Petrol Station Inferno

    Floods, fire and tragedy: a hard day at work for the 91热爆's Sammy Darko

  16. Mosul: One Year On

    How the City of Mosul Has Changed Under Islamic State

  17. Free to Learn: Educating Afghans in Iran

    Lifting the barriers to school for undocumented Afghans in Iran

  18. Following the Rohingya Boat People

    91热爆less and stateless: stories from Rohingyas seeking better lives across dangerous seas

  19. Burundi: A Day in the Life of the News

    Inside the 91热爆 Africa Newsroom as news broke of an attempted coup in Burundi

  20. My Friend Sabeen Mahmud

    The 91热爆's Ziad Zafar reflects on his murdered friend, Pakistani activist Sabeen Mahmud

  21. Turkey's War on Mules

    Why the Turkish Army is waging a war against mules

  22. Venezuela's Crisis: A Numbers Game

    Why shoppers are queueing eight hours a week to scan their fingers in supermarkets

  23. No President, no cabinet. Who's running the country?

    Deadlock in Lebanon and Afghanistan: one without a president, the other lacking a cabinet

  24. Garissa: I Can't Describe What I Saw

    How a reporter broke the news of the Garissa attack

  25. Yemen: A Nation Divided

    Yemen: Country and Families Divided

  26. Enduring a Nigerian Election

    Enduring a Nigerian Election: Why one Nigerian writer can't wait for it to be over

  27. Frontline Reporting in Syria and Iraq

    Life as a reporter embedded in the military in Syria and Iraq

  28. Libya: Living in a Lawless State

    Living and reporting in a lawless Libya where there is no central security infrastructure

  29. Tikrit: City of Palaces and Jihadis

    Birthplace of Saddam Hussein and Saladin, Tikrit is the new front in the battle with IS

  30. Unusual Tales from the Colombian Peace Talks

    Missing General and Miss Universes: Inside the Colombian Peace Talks

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