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Archive for October 16th, 2009

Another bomb attack in Pakistan

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At least 12 people have died in Peshawar, Pakistan after a suicide bomber attacked a police investigation bureau close to a Pakistani army garrison. Security has been tightened nationwide after about 40 people were killed in Lahore and the north-west on Thursday. Those attacks were the latest in a recent wave of brazen militant assaults across the country. The World’s Katy Clark looks at the strategy of the insurgents. Download MP3

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In pictures: Peshawar bomb attack

“Win in China”

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Entrepreneurship is no longer a dirty word in China. Select businessmen, and a handful of women are now held up as powerful icons. In China’s major cities these days, highway billboards featuring real estate and tech moguls who emerged from poverty have replaced many of the massive tributes to Chairman Mao and heroic workers. Filmmaker Ole Schell traveled to the city of Weifang in Shandong province, to profile an up-and-coming lingerie baron and a member of a new generation of high-profile Chinese entrepreneurs. Photo: Ole Schell Download MP3

The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit

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Anchor Marco Werman talks with Erica Hirshler, a Senior Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston about the Parisian background of painter John Singer Sargent’s 1882 masterpiece “The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit.” Download MP3

Underwater cabinet meeting

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The government of this Asian country is to hold a cabinet meeting underwater to highlight the threat of global warming. President Nasheed and his cabinet will sign a document during a dive this weekend, calling for global cuts in carbon emissions. The low-lying island nation says it faces being wiped out if oceans rise. The World’s Alex Gallafent has the story. Download MP3

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Entire program – October 16, 2009

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Today on The World: Another militant attack against Pakistan’s security forces; Also, a profile of one of China’s new generation business moguls; And international music straight from listeners’ iPods.

Extremism gaining a hold in Pakistan

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Hassan Abbas, author of “Pakistan’s Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army and America’s War on Terror,” about the extremist groups behind the growing violence there.

Italy charged with bribing Taliban

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The Times of London is reporting that Italy paid the Taliban not to attack Italian soldiers in Afghanistan. Italy vehemently denies the story, but the story is raising questions, because it also claims that the alleged payments led to the deaths of French soldiers. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports.

British ruling on former Guantanamo detainee

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with reporter Richard Norton-Taylor of London’s Guardian newspaper about a ruling by Britain’s High Court concerning a former Guantanamo detainee. The court ordered the British government to disclose secret details about the alleged torture suffered by the detainee, a British resident, during his time at the Guantanamo Bay prison.

All eyes on Guinea

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The United States, France and the European Union are calling on the military government in the West African nation of Guinea to step down. This following a brutal crackdown two weeks ago when government soldiers killed 150 protestors in broad daylight at a stadium in the nation’s capital. Anchor Marco Werman gets the latest on the mood in Guinea from Patrick Smith, editor of Africa Confidential.

The market for modern Middle Eastern art

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The World’s Aaron Schachter looks at the growth in interest in contemporary Middle Eastern art since September 11, 2001.

Geo Quiz

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Our daily geography quiz.

Global Hit

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Anchor Marco Werman and The World’s Clark Boyd offer a sample of international music that listeners have on their iPods.

Featured artists and tracks:

1) Jarabedepalo — “La Flaca,” both the original and the new version from the album Orquesta Reciclando

2) O’funk’illo — Fiesta/Siesta from the album En El Planeta Aseituna

3) Los Delinquentes — Cicatrizando from the album Bienvenidos a la Epoca Iconoclasta

Music Heard on Air for October 16, 2009

By Ann Lopez ⋅ October 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Tunes Spun On The Word Between our reports for October 16, 2009. Artists featured are James Asher, Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder.

World Books Interview: Homage to “The Halfway House”

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An interview with Cuban writer José Manuel Prieto about the English translation of the late Guillermo Rosales’s “The Halfway House,” a powerful novel about exile, revolution, and mental illness.

Bilingual metaphors, place name changes, and interpreting for the Dodgers

By Patrick Cox ⋅ October 16, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments ⋅ Transcript

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In this week’s World in Words podcast, Nobel literature prize winner Herta Mueller dreamed up metaphors in a mix of her native German and the Romanian she learned at school. Try translating that into English. Also, a conversation with the author of “Whatever Happened to Tanganika? The Place Names that History Left Behind.” And a profile of the man the Los Angeles Dodgers hired to interpret for the team’s Japanese players.