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Promises for a Fairer Planet

Declarations to eradicate poverty were signed by 100 world leaders at last week's summit

• 28 mins

Parents Testing Kids for Narcotics

The American parents who are secretly testing their children with DIY drug-testing kits

• 28 mins

Educating Kenyans about Pregnancy

Thousands of school girls have unsafe illegal abortions in Kenya every year

• 28 mins

Why we're Losing our Rs

No one will be able to pronounce the letter R in 200 years’ time – it’s twue

• 28 mins

The Roswell Case

Alleged footage of an alien has been uncovered – but is it fact or simply science fiction?

• 28 mins

Racial Tension In Eastern Europe

Ethnic attacks are rising, but a summer camp is showing young people how to live together

• 27 mins

Disco at the local Library

A library that plays non-stop music has 2,500 young members and a very long waiting list

• 28 mins

Children Against Racism

We meet the Los Angeles kids fighting bigotry – starting with their parents

• 28 mins

Disastrous Blind Dates

Could you go out with someone with a mortifying laugh or who had a fear of clowns?

• 28 mins

Computers and the Record Industry

Technology has changed music making. It now takes hours, not months, to produce an album

• 28 mins

Become the Next Big Band

Want to get you and your music noticed? Top record industry representatives tell you how

• 24 mins

Modern-day Native Americans

Expelling the stereotypes surrounding young Indians living in the United States

• 28 mins

Why Kids are Turning to Welsh

Wale’s native language is making a comeback among its young people

• 28 mins

Children Against Cigarettes

Maine has more young smokers than anywhere else in the United States, but help is at hand

• 28 mins

Inner-city Youth Turn to Fencing

Sword duelling is opening Olympic doors for young African Americans from the ghettos

• 28 mins

The Caribbeans who Love Country Music

Why do St Lucians prefer ballads from Nashville and Tennessee to their homegrown reggae?

• 29 mins

The First Green Generation

A café is offering environmentally friendly courses alongside its coffee

• 28 mins

Language of the Ashkenazi Jews

Yiddish almost died out during the holocaust, but this mother tongue is now being revived

• 28 mins

Australia’s National Music Camp

One thousand hopefuls applied for the Australia Youth Orchestra last year. Only 200 got in

• 27 mins

Youth Culture Programme - Berlin

A love of 'techno' dance music has united young Germans from both sides of the fallen wall

• 30 mins

The Boy with a Big Dream

Kojo is from a small village in Ghana, but he has big plans for his country's people

• 28 mins

A Semester at Sea

Meet the students who sail round the world in the pursuit of knowledge – and a degree

• 28 mins

Inside the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s Bush House

Take a tour of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service’s headquarters and home of the Megamix show

• 28 mins

Parents and Kids at War

Nagging can turn family homes into war zones – but peace can be reached

• 27 mins

Ethnic Divisions Widen in Macedonia

Clashes between Serbian forces and armed Albanians are increasing at an alarming rate

• 28 mins

Empowering Young People

Sexual education for teens needs to come from teens, not men in suits

• 28 mins

Making it Big in Bollywood

Steve Najar went from unknown Midlands actor to Indian movie star in a few months

• 28 mins

Black World Championship Rodeo

Many of the first cowboys were black, and 100 years later their Wild West ways live on

• 26 mins

Israel’s 24-hour Metropolis

Tel Aviv is the city that never sleeps – especially after midnight

• 28 mins

Nigeria’s New Favourite Game?

Basketball has suddenly become hugely popular in Nigeria – especially with young people

• 28 mins