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Union workers demonstrated in at least a dozen countries to protest government spending cuts and tax hikes. Brussels braced for a major rally, transit employees walked out in Greece and Spain, and a man even blocked the Irish Parliament with a cement truck.

Airs Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Green Berets use an elite Ranger-style program to train Iraqi troops in Kirkuk. But the Iraqi trainees arrive with little prior training, and some can't read or write. Those who survive the program -- designed to weed out one in four applicants -- are assessed among Iraq's better troops.

Airs Monday, August 3, 2009 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

The number of assassinations in Afghanistan is growing, particularly in Kandahar province, where Taliban militants are strong and well-organized. Dozens of politicians, government employees, activists and Muslim clerics have been targeted. The threats have halted much government and social work in Kandahar, officials say.

Asia's richest nation faces a mounting humanitarian, nuclear and economic crisis in the aftermath of a massive earthquake and tsunami. Officials fear the death toll could top 10,000.

There are only about 3,200 tigers left in the world living in the wild, but two tiger cubs born in San Diego are doing their part to save the species from extinction. Randy Rieches, mammals curator, at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and KPBS Science and Technology Reporter Peggy Pico give us more on the story.

The San Diego Wild Animal Park has recently re-christened itself the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. To go along with the new name are two adorable new residents of the park: Sumatran tiger cubs. But those baby tigers are actually part of a very serious effort to save the species from extinction. It's an effort Zoo curators are working to continue and expand.

The Masters kicked off Thursday morning, but it didn't really get going until 1:42 p.m., when Tiger Woods hit his opening drive. Woods chose the Masters for his return because of the protective bubble that Augusta National provides. But that bubble extends only as far as the club's fence.

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