Kandahar’s security lacking

James Murray reports on what Canadian soldiers found when they conducted an unnannounced check of police checkpoints in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. There was evidence of some gaping holes in the city’s security. Murray is embedded with the Canadian forces.
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Divisions emerge in Iran

Iran’s Supreme leader today warned Iranians not to play into the hands of the country’s enemies. This after other senior leaders spoke out against the outcome of last month’s disputed presidential election. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Ramin Mostaghim, special correspondent for the Los Angeles Times in Tehran.
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Iran protests

Space race memories

It’s been 40 years since the United States’ astronauts landed on the moon. It’s been one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind and it appears even more of a leap for some Russians to believe that the Americans actually landed on the moon first. Jessica Golloher has the details from Moscow.
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Former Soviet space official on US moon landing

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Roald Sagdeev, former director of the Soviet Space Institute. He recalls his reaction to the news 40 years ago to a successful US moon landing.
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Obama’s Mideast policy

U. S. President Barack Obama has been in office for 6 months. The World’s Aaron Schachter takes a look at the impact the young administration has had on Middle East politics so far.
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Long Drought Worsens Middle East Tensions

The Middle East has had several years of drought with threats of even less rain in the years to come. Across the region, from Israel to Iraq, there’s more use of water and less water available and that’s exacerbating the political tensions and problems. Linda Gradstein reports, in the first of her two reports on the Middle East’s growing water crisis.
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Geo Quiz and Answer

On Wednesday, millions of people across Asia will witness the longest total solar eclipse that will happen this century. For today’s Geo Quiz we asked you where the eclipse will appear first and last. It will first be visible at dawn in India’s Gulf of Khambhat, just north of Mumbai and last from Nikumaroro Island in the South Pacific nation of Kiribati.
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Geo Quiz archive

Frank McCourt dies

Author Frank McCourt published his first book in his sixties. The successful “Angela’s Ashes” portrayed the slums of Limerick, Ireland and became controversial in Ireland.
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Eileen Battersby’s article on Frank McCourt in The Irish Times

Total eclipse

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The Impacts of Housing Prices Worldwide

Housing prices have gone up-and-down – mostly down – around the world over the past year or so. Many people have found themselves either out of their homes, or struggling to afford to keep them. What does the housing landscape look like worldwide?
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Music Heard on Air for July 20, 2009

A List of Music Featured Between our reports for July 20, 2009

World Books Review: Start Making Sense

The prolific Yoko Tawada has a considerable reputation in Europe: her writing — novels, plays, poems, essays, and short stories — has garnered a number of awards, including the Akutagawa Prize and the Goethe Medal.

Entire program – July 17, 2009

Today on The World: The investigation into the bombings of two luxury hotels in Indonesia; women in India find new jobs in the private security business; and unrest continues in Tehran with a new protest by opposition supporters today. Listen

Fatal blasts in the Indonesian capital

At least nine people were killed and many more were injured today when blasts went off in two luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. Anchor Laura Lynch gets the latest from the BBC’s Karishma Vaswani in Jakarta. Listen

Jakarta investigation begins

It’s early hours yet in the investigation into today’s bombings in Jakarta. But Indonesian authorities are already talking about likely suspects. The World’s Matthew Bell reports. Listen