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Julian Assange: Why the world needs Wikileaks

January 5, 2011 by  
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The controversial website WikiLeaks collects and posts highly classified documents and video. Founder Julian Assange, who’s reportedly being sought for questioning by US authorities, talks to TED’s Chris Anderson about how the site operates, what it has accomplished and what drives him. The interview includes graphic footage of a recent US airstrike in Baghdad.

Kiran Bedi: On remaking one of India’s toughest prisons

January 5, 2011 by  
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Kiran Bedi has a surprising resume. Before becoming Director General of the Indian Police Service, she managed one of the country’s toughest prisons and used a new focus on prevention and education to turn it into a centre of learning and meditation.

Bart Weetjens: Teaching rats to sniff out landmines

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Bart Weetjens talks about his extraordinary project: training rats to sniff out land mines. He shows clips of his ‘hero rats’ in action, and previews his work’s next phase: teaching them to turn up tuberculosis in the lab.

Aimee Mullins: The opportunity of adversity

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The thesaurus might equate “disabled” with synonyms like “useless” and “mutilated,” but ground-breaking runner Aimee Mullins is out to redefine the word. Defying these associations, she shows how adversity in her case, being born without shinbones actually opens the door for human potential.

Tony Porter: A call to men

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Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don’t ‘act like a man’. Telling powerful stories from his own life, he shows how this mentality, drummed into so many men and boys, can lead men to disrespect, mistreat and abuse women and each other. His solution: Break free of the ‘man box’.

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