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Pakistan’s tribal regions

By The World ⋅ October 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, a journalist and filmmaker who has spent much of the year working in Pakistan’s tribal regions.

Highlighting climate change in Kabul

By The World ⋅ October 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Demonstrations across the globe to promote climate action are planned for tomorrow. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with an organizer in Kabul, Sayeed Masood.

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Malaysia dropped from pop concert tours

By The World ⋅ October 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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There’s speculation that protests from conservative Muslim groups in Malaysia prompted Beyonce to cancel her weekend concert there. But as Jennifer Pak reports, it’s just one of many recent cases that women’s rights activists say has damaged Malaysia’s reputation as a model Muslim country.

Iran’s new nuclear proposal

By The World ⋅ October 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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A new proposal by Iran today is creating confusion among international negotiators. Iran said it wants to buy enriched uranium rather than send the uranium it already has to another country for processing. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from the Los Angeles Times reporter, Borzou Daragahi.

Mideast lobby group stirs it up in Washington

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The self-described pro-Israel, pro-peace DC-based group, J Street, is holding its first annual conference next week. And it’s already stirred up controversy. The World’s Matthew Bell reports.

Web extra: J Street’s Jeremy Ben-Ami interview

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Israel’s Abassador to the United States, Michael Oren, has turned down an invitation to speak at J Street’s upcoming conference in Washington. The World’s Matthew Bell interviewed J Street executive director, Jeremy Ben-Ami this week. And Bell asked Ben-Ami if Amb. Oren’s decision not to come to the conference was a blow to what the group is trying to accomplish. Download MP3

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Geo Quiz

By The World ⋅ October 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Historians say France had no wine before 600 BC. That’s when settlers from elsewhere in the Mediterranean region colonized what is now France and began wine-making. For today’s geography puzzler, we want to know who those settlers were.

Global political cartoons: October 17-23, 2009

By The World ⋅ October 23, 2009 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

70307_600 Balloon boy made a lasting impression on cartoonists all over the world. It conjured images as familiar as a ballooning deficit and as unusual as the Afghan election being carried away in a balloon.

Geo answer

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Today’s Geo Quiz sought the identity of settlers who in 600 B.C. colonized what is now France and introduced the region to wine-making. The answer is the Greeks. Anchor Marco Werman has details.

Moscow’s weather experiment

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Scientists in Russia are testing an experimental weather device aimed at clearing up a cloudy sky. Anchor Marco Werman has details.

Global Hit

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Reporter Andrea Smardon introduces us to Australian singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke. She started out as an opera singer, but now she’s a pop star.

Kate Miller-Heidke

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Reporter Andrea Smardon introduces us to Australian singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke. She started out as an opera singer, but now she’s a pop star.

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Music Heard On Air for October 23, 2009

By Stephen Snyder ⋅ October 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Tunes Spun On The Word between our reports for October 23, 2009. Artists featured are Bill Frisell, Ambient Music Therapy, Oran Etkin, Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder, Eric Burdon and War, and Prem Joshua & Chintan.

Technology Podcast: Smart phones for scientists

By Clark Boyd ⋅ October 23, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Transcript

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In this week’s technology podcast, you can hear how some scientists in Britain are working to develop an open source application for smartphones that will allow field researchers to do some pretty sophisticated data collection and mapping. It’s all in an effort to fight the spread of infectious diseases across the globe. Also, we have a story on the future of electric vehicles, and a US researcher takes a look at how politicians Tweet in the US and UK.

World Books: Herta Müller, Memory, and the Nobel

By World Books ⋅ October 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Now that the predictable “who is she?” brouhaha over this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize for literature has ended, it is time to explore the artistry of Herta Müller, whose books consistently denounce the corruption of language and memory, often by reworking her own past experiences in innovative, lyrical, and evocative prose.