Archive for 2009
World Books Review: Chased out of Paradise
Paula Jacques’s “Light of My Eye” is a heart-wrenching novel about the dissolution of Egyptian Jewish life, the tale of a people displaced ten years after World War II.
Afghanistan – mission impossible?
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Download MP3As President Obama debates whether to send even more troops to the country, and the British death toll there rises, former The World host Eddie Mair chairs a debate at Chatham House in London about how close the west is to achieving its ambitions in Afghanistan.
Entire program – October 7, 2009
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Today on The World: A look at how Afghanistan is not like Vietnam, What Armenian ex-pats are saying about Armenia’s plan to normalize relations with Turkey, And what life is like for some former Guantanamo detainees.
Afghanistan is not Vietnam
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President Barack Obama is meeting with his top national security advisers as speculation mounts over likely changes to the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. Much has been made of the analogy between the Vietnam War and the current one in Afghanistan. The World’s Jeb Sharp explores how Afghanistan is not like Vietnam. Download MP3 (AP Photo/Fisnik Abrashi) Life after Gitmo
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President Obama signed an executive order to close the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba by January 2010. That date is getting closer and the remaining detainees there are awaiting their release. The World’s Katy Clark tells us about how former Guantanamo detainees often struggle to reintegrate into society after their release. Download MP3Armenia and Turkey
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Armenia’s president is about to make history by signing an agreement with Turkey. It would open up their shared border and end nearly a century of hostility. But many Armenians living abroad feel it absolves Turkey of responsibility for what they call the Genocide of 1915. The World’s Aaron Schachter has more. Download MP3Global Political Cartoons with Daryl Cagle
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Each week, The World’s Carol Hills produces a slideshow of some of the best in global political cartoons. Some make her laugh, some make her cry, and some just leave her scratching her head and going, “huh?” So this week, she gets help from cartoonist Daryl Cagle, the daily editorial cartoonist for MSNBC. Cagle also likes to look at how artists from the far reaches of the globe do their work. Download MP3Talking to the Taliban
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Could diplomacy be the answer to ending the war in Afghanistan? What would it take bring the Taliban to the table? Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Michael Semple, who spent 20 years working in Afghanistan and has tried to think through the idea of talking to the Taliban.
US allies await decision on Afghanistan
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The US commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, is reported to have asked for up to forty-thousand more soldiers to head to the region. And he’s hoping many of those troops will come from outside the US. The World’s Laura Lynch reports that other coalition countries are concerned about the future of the military operations there.
Swedish couple allowed to name son “Q”
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Sweden’s highest court has ruled that a couple in the city of Jamtland can legally name their child the letter “Q.” The parents fought past two denials by lower courts in a battle that’s lasted nearly a year. Anchor Marco Werman gets details from Henrik Ståhl of the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.
Shutting down Guantanamo
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President Obama’s January 2010 deadline for shutting down the Guantanamo detention facility is drawing near. But administration officials now say meeting that deadline will be difficult. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Cully Stimson about the challenges in closing Guantanamo. Stimson served as a deputy assistant defense secretary in charge of all detainee policy for the Bush administration.
Geo Quiz and answer
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For today’s Geo Quiz we’re searching for a Pacific island atoll that lies just about halfway between North America and Asia. It’s right near the International Date Line…and its beaches are often littered with trash came from a floating mass of plastic trash called the Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch.
Britain’s Man Booker prize winner
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The BBC’s Rebecca Jones speaks with Hilary Mantel, this year’s winner of Britain’s most prestigious literary prize, the Man Booker.
Global Hit
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Male harpists are a rare breed. And male JAZZ harpists even more so. The World’s Adeline Sire tells us that the latest album from Colombian musician Edmar Castaneda is making its mark in the world of jazz.
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