Entire program – July 6, 2009

Today on the World: Russian views of the United States and President Obama, as the US president tries to re-start relations with Moscow. Also, more that a hundred people are killed after China cracks down on ethnic Uighur protesters; and on today’s Global Hit, the music band “HAL and the Big 5″ — formed on the Internet by artists from all over — and still evolving.
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Hal and the Big 5

The group Hal and the Big 5 aren’t the type of band that jams together well into the night. Instead, each member records into their own computer then shares the files over the internet. In fact, some band members haven’t even met each other…

Music Heard on Air for July 6, 2009

A List of Music Featured Between our reports for July 6, 2009

Name that beach!

We’re heading to Africa for today’s Geo Quiz. That’s where President Obama is headed at the end of this week. He’ll be visiting a West African city where you can find European forts from the 17th century.

When Mr. Obama met Mr. Medvedev

President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced agreements on goals for nuclear weapons cuts and transit rights for US planes headed to Afghanistan. They also talked about finding common ground and reducing their differences. The World’s Jeb Sharp reports.
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President Obama’s reception in Russia

President Obama is not as popular in Russia as he is in other parts of the world. Jessica Golloher reports from Moscow on why Russians are less enthusiastic about Mr. Obama, even as the US President tries to re-start relations with Russia on a more positive note.
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British spy agency’s Facebook blunder

Eyebrows were raised when Shelley Sawers posted on Facebook photos of where she and her husband live. She also noted the names of some of their friends and relatives. That’s because Lady Sawers is the wife of the head of Britain’s spy agency MI6. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the story from Sarah Lyall, London correspondent for the New York Times.
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Violence in western China

Ethnic tensions and a government crackdown in western China have left more than 150 people dead and hundreds more injured. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports on what led to the violence between ethnic Uighurs and Han Chinese in western China.
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Advertising on the Vatican’s airwaves

Anchor Lisa Mullins has some advertising news from the Vatican and from North Korea.
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Robert McNamara dies

The World’s Jason Margolis has this look back at former Secretary of State Robert McNamara, who died today at the age of 93. McNamara served under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, and came to be vilified for his role in escalating the war in Vietnam.
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The legacy of Robert McNamara

Anchor Lisa Mullins speak with documentary filmmaker Errol Morris about the life of Robert McNamara. Morris made the Academy-award winning documentary “The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara.”
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Geo Quiz and Answer

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Global Hit: Hal and the Big 5

The group Hal and the Big 5 aren’t the type of band that jams together well into the night. Instead, each member records into their computer then share the files over the internet. In fact, some band members haven’t even met each other. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Duncan Lomax of the group. He lives in York, England.
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Robert McNamara dies

Robert S. McNamara, who served as US Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, has died at the age of 93. McNamara, who served Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961-1968, was also a key architect of the nuclear deterrence. (Photo: SSGT R. W. Savatt, Jr./AFP/Getty Images, 1965) Filmmaker Errol Morris talks about Robert McNamara

Global Political Cartoons: June 27 to July 3, 2009

The on-going political turmoil in Iran provides inspiration for cartoonists this week. They also tackle the coup in Honduras, Bernie Madoff’s 150-year prison sentence. Oh, and yes…Michael Jackson.

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