The State We're In, 5 February 2011. From Cairo to Juarez and Poland: people who've had enough will do whatever it takes to change things for the better, even if it means risking their lives.

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A safe house in Cairo
After a few tear gas attacks and witnessing police brutality against protesters, Sarah al Mojadiddi and her brother Ahmad have turned their Cairo home into a safe house. They tell host Jonathan Groubert how they’ve been transformed by their experiences.
 
Juárez journalist
Ciudad Juárez is probably the most dangerous city in the world for journalists. Luz Soza (pictured above) got her job reporting on crime when her predecessor was murdered by a Mexican drug cartel. She believes what she does is worth dying for, even if it means her children may grow up without a mother.
 
Video - A Mexican narcocorrido song, "La hummer de sonoyta" by El Tigrillo Palma:
 
 
 
Juárez day care
Contributor Jean Friedman-Rudovsky has a hopeful look at a daycare centre in Juárez which gives working parents a much-needed break and children a crucial environment to play and learn – despite increasing threats of extortion.
 
Cleaning up the street
Contributor Dave McGuire introduces us to a man in the city of Warsaw who got so fed up with the noise from a nightclub and the porn leaflets left everywhere, he did something unheard of in Poland: he got his neighbourhood to clean itself up. And now the rest of the country is taking notice.
 
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