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Today on The World: The United Nations takes on the issue of rape as a weapon of war; China takes steps to reclaim its position as the world’s leading innovator in science and technology; and a British ATM company offers a new language choice to Londoners…cockney rhyming slang.

Rape as a weapon of war

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The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to tackle a particularly disturbing tactic of war this week: the use of rape as a weapon. Perhaps the worst recent cases have been in places like eastern Congo, where armed groups have used rape to terrorize communities. Jeb Sharp talks with Anne-Marie Goetz of UNIFEM, the UN’s development agency for women. Download MP3 (Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images)

Health care in Canada

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As the health care debate continues in the United States, Canada has been struggling to implement its own universal health care system. We talk with Roy Romanow, who was Premier of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2001. Download MP3

Cockney rhyming cash machines in London

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A cash machine operator has introduced Cockney rhyming slang to a number of ATMs in east London. Users can choose between English and Cockney, a form of English spoken by many who live in east London. In Cockney rhyming slang, for example, “sausage and mash” is substituted for “cash.” And your “Huckleberry Finn?” Well that’s your PIN of course. The World’s Laura Lynch ventured into east London to get the Morning Glory. Download MP3

‘Created in China’ series

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China invented paper, printing, the compass and the seismograph. China was among the first to harness fossil fuels, and map the stars. And then, about 500 years ago, it lost its innovative edge. Now China hopes once again to lead the world in creativity. In part II of her “Created in China” series, Mary Kay Magistad looks at how the government in Beijing is trying to spur innovation. Download MP3

Afghan challenge

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Anchor Jeb Sharp speaks with Jean MacKenzie, Kabul correspondent for the on-line news site, Global Post.com, about the current situation in Afghanistan, where continuing violence poses a serious challenge to the US military.

US decision looming on Afghanistan

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The World’s Jason Margolis reports on the debate over what the US should do next in Afghanistan. The Obama Administration faces a key choice: send in more troops or focus on counter-terrorism.

Geo Quiz

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Our daily geography puzzler.

Geo answer

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For today’s Geo Quiz we’re looking for a rocky Scottish island with an 18th century lighthouse that looks over the Firth of Clyde. That’s a body of water along the west coast of Scotland. The answer is Little Cumbrae Island, and it may one day become an international yoga retreat. The BBC’s Catrin Nye has the story.

Global Hit

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The World’s Marco Werman asks 60’s icon Marianne Faithfull about her favorite music. Faithfull’s in the middle of a brief tour of the US for her recent album, Easy Come, Easy Go.

Remote Scottish island

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A remote Scottish island shows up on our Geo Quiz radar today. There’s an 18th century lighthouse at one end of the island…

Marianne Faithfull

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Singer Marianne Faithfull’s been called the first rock chick, a 1960s icon, and an honorary Rolling Stone. Her career has also been grist for the British tabloid mill: dated Mick Jagger, overdosed from drugs, music comeback, beat breast cancer. Now she’s got a new album out — of other people’s songs — and she’s in the middle of a brief tour of the US. The World’s Marco Werman sat down with Marianne Faithfull to ask her a simple question.

Music Heard on Air for September 29, 2009

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Tunes Spun On The Word Between our reports for September 29, 2009

Created in China: Part II

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China’s ruling Communist Party wants to build a more innovative economy. But it’s used to governing through fiats and five-year plans, and that’s kind of how it’s proceeding here. Over the past decade, it’s spent billions of dollars creating science parks and research labs, and giving researchers tight deadlines to come up with new ideas. Not surprisingly, results in the state sector have been a bit lackluster. Since this push started a decade ago, China has yet to release a new killer app, an invention or innovation so compelling that those outside of China can’t wait to use it. Some say – give it time; China’s come quite far, quite fast. Others say, there are still structural roadblocks on China’s path to innovation, and the government would do well to remove them, if it really wants innovation to take off. In the second part of our series, “Created in China,” The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing.