French riots: nights of rage and fire looks at the root causes of the violence and shows how the rioting in France in November 2005 turned some cities and towns into battlegrounds. Avian flu: preparing for a pandemic looks at why the virus is so dangerous and examines what Canada is doing to prepare for a pandemic. AIDS in Africa: despair and denial follows a journalist to Zambia to find out why so many are dying of AIDS and why so many continue to get infected. Guns and gangs: Toronto fights back looks at how the killings by gunfire in Toronto in 2005 shocked the city and forced elected officials to take action.

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French riots: nights of rage and fire -- Avian flu: preparing for a pandemic -- AIDS in Africa: despair and denial -- Guns and gangs: Toronto fights back.