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Rowing

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Today’s Geo Quiz: There are several ways to travel from Australia over to the African island nation of Mauritius. The shortest way is to cross an ocean and that’s the ocean we want you to name. A direct flight from Perth in Western Australia to Mauritius covers more than 3,000 miles of water…

Entire program – August 4, 2009

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Today on The World: Bill Clinton meets with North Korea’s dear leader; Indonesia takes on the task of restoring its mangroves; and graffiti for peace in Kenya.

Bill Clinton goes to North Korea

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Former President Bill Clinton met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang today. The World’s Matthew Bell has the story.

Hillary Clinton goes to Africa

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 11-day trip to Africa begins with a focus on Somalia, though she won’t actually be visiting the war-ravaged nation. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s East Africa correspondent Peter Greste in Nairobi.

Kenya’s peace graffiti artist

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The World’s Andrea Crossan visits with a Kenyan artist who paints graffiti messages of peace in Nairobi’s Kibera slum. >>>Read more about Solo 7.

Restoring Indonesia’s Mangroves

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A hidden culprit in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was degraded shorelines. Now Indonesia’s moving to protect its coasts by restoring thousands of miles of mangrove swamps. Ari Daniel Shapiro has the story.

Lake Baikal: Putin Takes a Dive

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has dived in a tiny submarine to the bottom of the world’s deepest lake — Lake Baikal in Siberia. Anchor Marco Werman has details.

Listen to a guided tour of Lake Baikal with Peter Thompson

Pre-election violence in Afghanistan

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with The World’s Aaron Schachter about Taliban attacks ahead of Afghanistan’s presidential election later this month. Schachter reports on the Afghan national army’s preparations for security during the upcoming election.

Australia thwarts possible bomb attack

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Police in Australia have arrested four men who were alleged preparing to carry out a suicide attack on a military base. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with David Tanner, an editor at The Australian, the newspaper that broke the story.

The future of Fatah

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The Palestinian Fatah Party opened its first convention in 20 years today. The party hopes to resume peace negotiations with Israel, but first it has to settle its differences with rival Hamas. Linda Gradstein reports from Bethlehem.

Geo quiz and answer

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The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is the Indian Ocean. A 24-year old British woman has just completed a 124-day, 3,000 mile crossing of the Indian Ocean in a rowboat. Anchor Marco Werman has the story.

Global Hit

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The band Les Sans Culottes pretends to be French. But the faux-French band has never actually performed in France… that is, until last week. The World’s Adeline Sire has more.

Les Sans Culottes

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The band Les Sans Culottes pretends to be French. But the faux-French band has never actually performed in France… that is, until last week. The World’s Adeline Sire has more.

North Korea pardons US reporters

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Clinton and Kim Jong-Il

Former president Bill Clinton’s surprise visit to North Korea appears to have won the release of two American journalists. North Korea’s news agency says Laura Ling and Euna Lee have been pardoned. They were arrested last March and convicted of violating North Korea’s border. Clinton arrived in a private plane in Pyongyang today to try to win their release. He was greeted warmly and had a meeting with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-Il. The announcement of a special pardon from Kim himself came several hours later. >>> Click here for the latest from the BBC.

Restoring Indonesia’s mangroves

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Mangrove restoration in Indonesia

Mangroves were once widespread throughout the world’s warm coastal areas. The maze of tangled trees along the shore are a crucial ecosystem and a buffer against erosion But over the past few decades, mangroves have been disappearing around the globe. Now there’s growing recognition of their importance, and renewed efforts to restore and preserve them. Reporter Ari Daniel Shapiro visited one such project in Indonesia. >>>Click here to see more of Ari’s photos.