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Implications of the Chilcot inquiry

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

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Marco Werman speaks with Jonathan Freedland, editorialist with the Guardian newspaper in London, about the implications of the Chilcot inquiry.

No Joke: Sea blobs on the rise

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

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Scientists say global climate change is responsible for the spread of massive blobs of floating marine mucus. The blobs are concentrated along Italy’s coast but have been spotted in more than 20 oceans around the world. The blobs are harmful to humans and sea life. And they’re taking a toll on Italy’s multi-billion euro tourism economy. The World’s Marina Giovannelli reports.

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India’s state visit

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

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India’s Prime Minister arrives in Washington tomorrow. Manmohan Singh’s appearance at the White House will constitute the first state visit of the Obama presidency. It comes at a delicate time. The US has lavished attention and aid on India’s neighbor and historical enemy, Pakistan. We speak with Sumit Ganguly, a professor of political science at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Geo Quiz

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

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Our daily geography puzzler.

Slow food in Lebanon

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

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Like many places in the world, Lebanon has a burgeoning movement known as “slow food.” Its proponents want to ensure that Lebanese don’t lose their food traditions and don’t get sucked in by American style fast-food joints. Yet The World’s Aaron Schachter reports, the slow-moving country seems an unlikely spot for a slow food movement.

Geo answer

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

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For today’s Geo Quiz we were searching for the leader of the 13th century Mongol empire. The answer is Genghis Khan and the whereabouts of his grave have been a mystery for centuries, but investigators may soon crack the case. Josuha Kucera recently travelled China, Mongolia, and Russia to research this story.

World Books Review: Reading Jung’s “Red Book”

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

An examination of the recent publication and translation into English (ninety years after it was begun) of Carl Gustav Jung’s confessional meditation “The Red Book.” The volume stands in a select company of books that exerted an enormous influence on social and intellectual history even while it remained unpublished.

Music Heard on Air for November 23, 2009

By Ann Lopez ⋅ November 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Tunes Spun On The Word Between our reports for November 23, 2009. Artists featured are David O’Brien, Jonthan Richman and The Modern Lovers, Ry Cooder, Ali Farka Toure, Mario Grigorov, Big Voice Jack.

Khaled

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Anchor Marco Werman tells about one song on the new CD by Algerian superstar Khaled. The song “Zabana” tells the story of Ahmed Zabana, a martyr in the Algerian War of Independence in the 1950s.

Genghis Khan’s final resting place

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

For today’s Geo Quiz — think Genghis Khan. You have to marvel at the sheer size of his Empire. The 13th century Mongol ruler oversaw what’s considered the largest contiguous empire in history.

Dark truth about Latin American energy

By The World ⋅ November 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Several Latin American countries have recently been hit by major power shortages, raising concerns that the region is facing a serious energy crisis. In some countries, like Venezuela and Ecuador, blackouts have become increasingly regular. But there have also been other less frequent outages as far afield as Cuba and Brazil.

Pablo Esparza of BBC Mundo has more>>>

Entire program – November 20, 2009

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Today on The World What if the US loses in Afghanistan? Also, a visit to one of many rural town in Mexico caught in the crossfire of that country’s drug war; And how India’s power companies are battling widespread electricity theft.

Afghanistan attacks

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A controversial former Afghan warlord Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, now a member of the Afghan parliament, has narrowly escaped an assassination attempt which killed at least five of his bodyguards, police say. Earlier at least 16 people were killed in a suicide attack in Farah province in the south-west on the country.

Mexican towns suffer from drug war

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In Mexico, the bloody battle to defeat the country’s powerful drug cartels is reeking havoc on formerly tranquil towns. Daylight shootings, kidnappings and extorion are becoming increasingly common. This is the case in Camargo, Chihuahua – Monica Ortiz Uribe visited the town six hours south of the Texas border.

New Delhi’s electricity thieves

By The World ⋅ November 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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India’s capital New Delhi has long suffered from a particular crime: electricity theft. For a fee, residents and businesses can hire electricians to bypass meters and plug directly in to the grid for free. But the private companies now running New Delhi’s power plants have started to fight back. Reporter Elliot Hannon takes us on a power raid outside New Delhi.