A Rebel鈥檚 Ride
Why the Toyota Hilux truck is coveted by every insurgent group from Syria to Afghanistan.
Why the Toyota Hilux pick-up is the truck that insurgent groups from Afghanistan to Syria want to drive. Also, the California town where Cesar Chavez launched the farm workers鈥� rights movement in the 1960s gets a starring role in a new film about him. Another California community that wants to be known for its large Arab immigrant population meets resistance from some locals. An American journalist explains how Stalin鈥檚 daughter wound up giving him parenting advice. Why one freight train - popular with Central American immigrants heading to the US - has earned the nickname The Beast. And, email sign-off preferences - how should you say goodbye?
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The Toyota Hilux
Why insurgents from Syria to Afghanistan want to drive one
Duration: 05:05
Little Arabia
Promoting better recognition for one of the largest Arab-American communities in the US
Duration: 04:22
Stalins Daughter
An American journalist who got to know - and like - the daughter of Joseph Stalin
Duration: 04:20
Delano, California
The town where the farm workers鈥� rights movement began stars in Cesar Chavez film
Duration: 04:35
The Beast
The freight train many Central American immigrants take across Mexico to the US
Duration: 03:15
Email Endings
How should you say goodbye in an email?
Duration: 03:57
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- Sat 5 Apr 2014 03:32GMT成人快手 World Service Online
- Sat 5 Apr 2014 18:32GMT成人快手 World Service Online
- Sun 6 Apr 2014 14:32GMT成人快手 World Service Online
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