http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Programmes/XL_Reports.html RT : XL Reports en RT 523450 http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Programmes/XL_Reports/2009-11-29/523450.html Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:45:00 +0300 It was called the pearl of Russia’s hydropower engineering. It produced the most energy; it had a very elegant design. It was the biggest and the most dependable – the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro-electric plant. But on August, 17th 2009 a disaster occurred. Now, the reconstruction of the station is taking place 24/7, and will continue for another 4 years.Find out more about the rise and fall in a new XL report on RT. 523447 http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Programmes/XL_Reports/2009-11-26/523447.html Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:45:00 +0300 The word "Chukchi" means "rich in reindeer". These people who live in the Russian Far East can't imagine their life without the usual Chukchi routine: hunting, cooking, engraving beautiful pictures on walrus tusks and praying with their shaman. Find our more about indigenous peoples of Russia from a new XL Report only on RT. 523444 http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Programmes/XL_Reports/2009-11-28/523444.html Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:45:00 +0300 The economic crisis has generated much stress. Antidepressant sales have increased drastically all over the world. A pill looks like an easy solution to any problem. But how dangerous is the Prozac boom? Is it really a psychological aid or just a way to escape from reality? A new XL report on RT. 523213 http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Programmes/XL_Reports/2009-11-22/523213.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:45:00 +0300 Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car. Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children's advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses on the explosive growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation, showing how youth marketers have used the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world. 523153 http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Programmes/XL_Reports/2009-11-20/523153.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:45:00 +0300 20 years have passed since Nicolae Ceausescu’s regime collapsed in Romania. Today it is a different country. But the legacy of the past still casts a long shadow. Find out more about what happened in Romania and how it affected people in a new XL report on RT. 514642 http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Programmes/XL_Reports/2009-11-18/514642.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:45:00 +0300 Civil War and famine have been fueling Somali piracy for more than a decade, making many turn to the sea in search of the source of income. International naval forces have been stepping up patrols in the area. But here they are behind enemy lines. The place has turned into a navigators’ nightmare and a Pirate’s Paradise. The RT crew visits the gulf of Aden and dives deep in the story. 521734 http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Programmes/XL_Reports/2009-11-17/521734.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:45:00 +0300 War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from Lyndon B. Johnson to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations. 521731 http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Programmes/XL_Reports/2009-11-15/521731.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:45:00 +0300 Israel has found an original solution to illegal immigration: a massive force of anti-immigration police who patrol the streets rounding up foreigners. Every immigrant in Israel knows “5250” – the number on the force’s license plates. Rumour has it that the Deportation Police arrest and assault any migrant they find, whether legal or illegal. Thirty Israeli film students turned on their cameras and followed the Deportation Police on their rounds. This is what they saw 520072 http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Programmes/XL_Reports/2009-11-12/520072.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:45:00 +0300 The Basque country is an autonomous community and historic region of northern Spain.It was established by the statute of autonomy of 1979. Its government consists of a president and a parliament, with a capital in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Learn more about the people, their traditions, political views and a language with no relationship to any other European language with RT correspondent Aleksandr Luchaninov, only on Russia Today. 519715 http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Programmes/XL_Reports/2009-11-10/519715.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:45:00 +0300 It used to be a simple engineering construction stretching over 155 kilometers. It was made of concrete slabs three meters and sixty centimeters high.It existed for 28 years. It separated people's lives and broke their destinies. But on November 9th, 1989 it fell. Find out more about the Berlin wall in a new XL report on RT. 520063 http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Programmes/XL_Reports/2009-11-08/520063.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:45:00 +0300 With talk of peace, Fouad Hady returns home to Baghdad to see how life has changed. He finds Karrada, a once affluent and peaceful district, plagued by power cuts and the constant threat of attack. Being close to the Green Zone and home to politicians, Karrada has become a target for insurgents. Karrada was really safe before, but not now. If you go out in the morning you don't know if you will return in the afternoon. The people Fouad films show how painful life is for ordinary Iraqis, from the mother mourning her Iraqi soldier son killed by the US army, to the generator repair man who won’t charge for his work. 519394 http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Programmes/XL_Reports/2009-11-07/519394.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:45:00 +0300 It’s not a secret that some Russian girls want to get married to a foreigner. They dream about a fairytale life abroad. In search of a husband, they visit special websites, go abroad on holidays or even meet their princes in the streets of their native towns. But they don't know that it’s much harder to share a common child. The stories of Irina Belenkaya, Rimma Sallonen and other Russian women speak for themselves. Why do many parents seem to believe that abduction is the only way to reunite with their sons and daughters? Can the law always protect the child in those circumstances? Watch Part II of “Stolen Childhood” on RT. 518974 http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Programmes/XL_Reports/2009-11-03/518974.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:45:00 +0300 In the name of “the struggle against terrorism,” a special operation – codenamed “Condor” – was conducted in the seventies and eighties in South America. It targeted left wing political dissidents, organized labor and intellectuals. Condor soon became a network of military dictatorships, supported by the US State Department, the CIA and Interpol. This film by Rodrigo Vazquez, a young Argentinean director, tells that story by following several victims of Operation Condor fighting for the truth, and by meeting key members of the Condor network themselves who, after the 9/11 attacks, openly claim to being pioneers of the current fight against “international terrorism”. 518536 http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Programmes/XL_Reports/2009-11-01/518536.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:45:00 +0300 Welcome to the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk! It is situated on the banks of the mighty Yenisei River in Siberia. Here you can see spectacular mountains and huge forests, as well as huge buildings. Krasnoyarsk is home to almost a million people and they are not used to sitting in one place! Rope jumping, street-racing, motor cycling and other high octane adventures attract them. RT correspondent James Brown will show you the full picture of Krasnoyarsk. 517981 http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Programmes/XL_Reports/2009-10-31/517981.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:45:00 +0300 It was called the pearl of Russia’s hydropower engineering.It produced the most energy; it had a very elegant design.It was the biggest and the most dependable – the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro-electric plant.But on August, 17th 2009 a disaster occurred...Now, the reconstruction of the station is taking place 24/7, and will continue for another 4 years.Find out more about the rise and fall in a new XL report on RT.