Struggle to save Iraq's cultural heritage and Beirut's Jewish heritage under threat

Struggle to save Iraq's cultural heritage - 26 Apr 08
Hundreds of artifacts, looted in the wake of the US-led invasion of Iraq, have been returned to the country, but many more remain missing, stolen from Iraq's ancient sites.
Al Jazeera's Owen Fay, reporting from Baghdad, looks at the efforts to safeguard Iraq's cultural heritage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbU74ImNFcc

and a response
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icBophqOOtQ

Beirut's Jewish heritage under threat - 20 Apr 2008
Al Jazeera's Nayla Khoury reports on the redevelopment in central Beirut that is gradually destroying the city's Jewish quarter.
The district of Wadi Abu Jamil has been almost deserted since Lebanon's civil war, and houses are being replaced by high rise buildings. With the neighbourhood synagogue in disrepair, some fear a significant slice of Beirut's Jewish heritage will be lost forever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS26pIeoCZo&NR=1