Former Chilean president was assassinated

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Peter Kornbluh, director of the Chile Documentation Project at George Washington University’s National Security Archive, about this week’s ruling that the death of former Chilean President Eduardo Frei 25 years ago was the result of assassination…not complications suffered from surgery.

Israel’s Arab diplomat

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Reda Mansour is Israel’s Consul General to the Southeast. Based in Atlanta. He’s a little unusual for an Israeli diplomat. He’s a published poet. And he’s an Arab. Jessica Jones of WUNC has his story.

Geo Quiz

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Our daily geography quiz.

Chrysler ad touts political heroes

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Why are images of Lech Walesa, Mikhail Gorbachev, even Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi starring in the latest ad campaign from Chrysler? Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Dan Neil, advertising and automotive columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

• Video: Chrysler ad
• Dan Neil’s column on Chrysler ad

Geo answer

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For today’s Geo Quiz, we asked the location of Langkawi Island, which just hosted a major maritime and aerospace technology show. The answer is Malaysia.

Colombia farm scandal

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Small farmers in Colombia were supposed to get millions in farm subsidies. But much of the cash has gone to political supporters of Colombia’s president. And that’s caused a scandal that’s hurting the president. Correspondent John Otis reports.

Langkawi Island

The island that figures in today’s Geo Quiz just experienced an invasion of sorts. Langkawi Island was taken over last week by helicopters, warships, and surface-to-air missile launchers.

Music Heard on Air for December 8, 2009

Tunes Spun On The Word Between our reports for December 8, 2009. Artists featured are Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba featuring Harouna Samake, Oran Etkin, Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Kila, Jonthan Richman and The Modern Lovers.

Music Heard on Air for December 8, 2009

Tunes Spun On The Word Between our reports for December 8, 2009. Artists featured are Kila, Jonthan Richman and The Modern Lovers, Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Oran Etkin, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba featuring Harouna Samake.

Entire program – December 7, 2009

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Today on The World: New protests against the government in Iran; Also, India’s approach to global climate talks; And a youth choir from India that’s developing a global reputation.

More protests in Iran

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Iranian security forces have clashed violently with opposition supporters in central Tehran, witnesses say. Police used batons and tear gas, according to the witnesses. There were also unconfirmed reports of security forces using live rounds. State media confirmed there had been clashes, though a foreign media ban means details cannot be verified. Borzou Daragahi of the Los Angeles Times is monitoring events from Beirut, Lebanon. Download MP3
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• BBC coverage
• More info on the Iran crisis

Pride vs practicality in India’s climate stance

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As negotiators gather for global climate talks in Denmark this week, India is resisting steep binding cuts in greenhouse emissions. Reporter Miranda Kennedy tells us why. Download MP3 (Photo of Kolkata factory: Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images)

• PBS Newshour: Population boom. Warming. Vex India’s famers.
• BBC coverage of the Copenhagen summit
• Impact of climate change (interactive map)
• Environment coverage on The World

Mississippi export boom

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US exports took big hit during the recession. In the first three months of this year, exports were down in 49 states. Only Mississippi did well. At left, a ship filled with Mississippi products readies to leave the port of Pascagoula for an overseas destination. The World’s Jason Margolis explores this southern success story. Download MP3 (Photo: Jason Margolis)

• Jason’s story on how America’s wars are reported locally in Mississippi
• Global economy podcast

Audio Slideshow: Camel Races in Australia

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Photojournalist Tim Bonham journeys deep into the Australian outback to profile Glenda Sutton. Sutton is a camel jockey, and has been since 1998. She learned how to ride in the United Arab Emirates, and now races in her native Australia. Bonham caught up with her at The Boulia Camel Races in Queensland. Download MP3

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• Australian Broadcasting Corporation story on Glenda Sutton
• More of Tim Bonham’s photos
• Drought drives camels to overrun Australian town

No go on Noko

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North Korean-made designer jeans were to go on sale over the weekend at a department store in Sweden. But the store changed its mind and says it wants to avoid courting controversy through ties with the closed communist nation. On today’s show, we talk with one of the NoKo Jeans entrepreneurs, Jacob Ohlsson who’s now left holding the jeans, eleven hundred pairs to be exact. Download MP3 Photo: (AP Photo/Scanpix/Jonas Ekstromer)

• Washington Post slideshow
• Noko Jeans