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Swine flu spike in England

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The World’s Aaron Schachter reports on a spike in swine flu cases in Britain. The government has set up a hotline to diagnose cases without visiting a doctor.

Cambodia’s Unique Lake Threatened

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The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports on Southeast Asia’s largest lake — Cambodia’s Tonle Sap — and why environmentalists are worried about its future. Dams, logging and overfishing are some of the factors threatening the lake’s ecosystem.

Who’s got the Biggest carbon appetite?

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Anchor Lisa Mullins reports on a new study that includes imported consumer goods when calculating a nation’s carbon footprint.

Foreign interest in US health debate

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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks to MIT economist Simon Johnson to find out why global investors are closely following the debate over health care reform in Washington.

Geo Quiz

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Our daily geography puzzler.

Amsterdam’s green streets

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Reporter Kathleen Schalch takes us to Amsterdam. The Dutch city’s residents are more likely to hop on a bike than to get behind the wheel.

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Geo answer

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Today we were looking for the island home of a giant tortoise named Lonesome George. The answer is La Pinta — one of the Galapagos Islands. Lonesome George is thought to be the last of his kind of tortoise, but now there’s word he may soon be a father. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the story from conservationist Linda Cayot.

Global Hit: Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara

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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with a unique musical duo, Britain’s Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara from Gambia. Their music can be described as British blues meets African spike fiddle.

Lonesome George

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We’re tracking a rare creature named George for today’s Geo Quiz. Lonesome George is not your average tortoise. He’s a giant saddleback tortoise of the Galapagos Islands and he’s getting up in his years. We’re looking for the name of the Ecuadorian island where George comes from.

Justin Adams

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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with a unique musical duo, Britain’s Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara from Gambia. Their music can be described as British blues meets African spike fiddle.

Amsterdam: The World’s Most Bike-Friendly City?

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Many U.S. cities are trying to get more residents out of cars and on to bikes. But how far could this go? Kathleen Schalch takes us to a place where people are more likely to hop on a bike than to get behind the wheel.

Music Heard on Air for July 23, 2009

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A List of Music Featured Between our reports for July 23, 2009

David Crystal’s life in language, Moominmania and Nowheristan

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In this week’s The World in Words podcast, the granddaddy of British linguists David Crystal reflects on a life in language. Crystal is an inclusionist: he welcomes slang and textspeak, for example, into the English language. He recalls that as a young academic he was contacted by a shoe company who placed an order with him for several nouns and adjectives. Also this week, the Moomins: they’re as popular in their native Finland as Disney is in the United States. But strange things happen to the Moomins when they are translated into Japanese, Cantonese or English. Finally, we hear from a Lebanese man who has proclaimed himself Emperor of Nowheristan. Download MP3

Entire program – July 22, 2009

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Today on The World: Plans for a new trade route across South America that would rival the Panama Canal; Also, Morocco’s efforts to keep extremists at bay; And a British tradition that involves counting swans.

Development in the Arab world

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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Borzou Daragahi of the Los Angeles Times about a new report on the obstacles that slow down progress in the Arab world. It’s by the United Nations, and it identifies several key problems in the region. They include: a surging population; struggling economies; weak environments; poor health care; lack of representative government and human rights abuses.