Archive for 2010
Entire program – December 31, 2010
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Europeans look back at the economic misery of 20-10, and hope for a better year ahead; Plus,African migrants complete illegal journeys to Europe and America, but their travels may not be over;and two Tibetan exiles serve up home-cooking for customers in India. Download MP3
Europe’s year
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
The World’s Gerry Hadden remembers a year that many in Europe would like to forget. As 2010 draws to a close, Europeans are hoping for an economic turnaround. Download MP3
Leaving Malta
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Since 2002, nearly 10,000 African migrants – trying to get to mainland Europe – have landed on the tiny island nation of Malta. Many were rescued from leaky boats by the Maltese navy. Once there, they can be detained in prisons for up to 18 months and then languish for years in Malta without jobs and, and in some cases, without a decent place to live. But some manage to move on – and find new homes in Europe and in the U.S. This is Phillip Martin’s final report in our special series on nomadic migration and skin color. Download MP3
Cooking Tibetan food in India
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Many Tibetans fled to neighboring India when their country came under Chinese rule. Reporter Jill Ryan introduces us to two Tibetan brothers who keep their culture alive by cooking up some Tibetan delicacies for their Indian customers. Download MP3
Italy bans plastic bags
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Anchor Lisa Mullins talks to journalist Fabio Colonna in Rome about Italy’s ban on plastic bags, which goes into effect tomorrow. Download MP3
Favorite albums of 2010
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Lisa Mullins plays back selections from the top international music albums from 2010, as chosen by World listeners. Download MP3
Estonia joins the Euro zone
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
On New Year’s day, Estonia becomes the 17th country to join the Euro currency zone. Its entry comes at an inauspicious time. Lisa Mullins finds out more from Raimo Poom, political editor at Eesti Päevaleht newspaper in Talinn, Estonia’s capital. Download MP3
Turkey booming
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
One of the places the economic downturn more or less passed by is Turkey. The Brookings Institution recently released a survey of the 150 cities in the world with the healthiest economies. Istanbul tops the list. Matthew Brunwasser reports. Download MP3
Racism in Russia
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Jessica Golloher reports from Moscow on efforts to combat racial and ethnic harassment in Russia. Download MP3
Africa 2011
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Andrew Meldrum considers the top ten stories to follow in Africa in the coming year. Meldrum, a senior editor with globalpost.com in Boston, talks with host Lisa Mullins. Download MP3
Hogmanay celebrations in Scotland
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
For today’s Geo Quiz we are looking for an Scottish island on the west coast whose main town is Lochboisdale. Download MP3
The Polochar Inn on South Uist, Scotland
BBC: Scotland’s Gaelic New Year’s Celebrations
Music Heard on Air for December 31, 2010
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for December 30, 2010. Artists featured are Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Agatsuma, Foro In The Dark, Mongo Santamaria, Yat-Kha, Michael Doucet.
Global Political Cartoons: December 31, 2010
We close out 2010 with “friends” (as opposed to friends), the Euro continues to dance in distress, and the skunk at the garden party that just won’t go away: Wikileaks.
Entire program – December 30, 2010
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
A former Israeli president is convicted of rape. The case reverberates across Israel; Plus, thousands of African migrants are trapped in legal limbo on a Mediterranean island; and the Vatican bank gets an upgrade. Download MP3
Former Israeli president convicted
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav was convicted Thursday of raping an employee when he was a Cabinet minister, the most serious criminal charges ever brought against a high-ranking official in Israel. Lisa Mullins speaks with Gil Hoffman of The Jerusalem Post about how the case is reverberating across Israel. Download MP3
Additional funding for PRI's The World is provided by:
