Paris may be the most visited city in the world but there are parts of it few have ever seen – underground. “The Catacombs” began as vast underground limestone quarries. Today they are the playground of the bold and the brave. Don Duncan brings us below the surface of the City of Light.
The new music trend among young Palestinians is hip-hop. Palestinians have been scattered across the Middle East for more than six decades, and hip-hop music provides a venue for expressing commonalities as well as differences.
Bloody Sunday Report Published June 15, 2010
In Britain, there's a report out on the investigation of the 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings in Northern Ireland Catholic demonstrators dead. Don Duncan has more form Belfast.
Don Duncan reports that after two years of construction, Hezbollah opened its first museum late last month in Lebanon
Accidental Filmmakers April 22, 2010
Some Palestinians are seizing on video technology, hoping to make it their new weapon in the struggle with Israel.
And it's given rise to a fledgling industry that may be growing some serious filmmakers, as we hear from Irish journalist Don Duncan in the Palestinian village of Ni'lin.
Lebanon marches for secularism April 25, 2010
Thousands are marching through the streets of Beirut today. It is Lebanon's first march demanding an end to sectarianism in the country. Don Duncan has more from Beirut.
Don Duncan reports the international community regards east Jerusalem and the West Bank as occupied territory, but this has not stopped Israel from building settlements
More details are emerging following the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines flight shortly after take off from Beirut yesterday morning, carrying 90 people. Today, Lebanese officials said the crash could be due to the airplane's pilots' failure to follow orders from the control tower. Don Duncan has more from Beirut.
Small hotels flourish in Damascus : The "Old City" of Damascus, Syria, was once a run-down slum. Now foreign tourists are flocking to the ancient, walled quarter with its historic buildings. And their business has prompted a boom in boutique hotels. Don Duncan reports.
