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Archive for February, 2010
NATO causes more civilian deaths in Afghanistan
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At least 27 civilians died in a NATO air strike in southern Afghanistan, the Afghan cabinet says. NATO said it hit a suspected insurgent convoy, but ground forces later found “a number of individuals killed and wounded”, including women and children. Civilian deaths in strikes have caused widespread resentment in Afghanistan. Matthew Bell reports. Download MP3 (Photo: POOL/AFP/Getty Images)
Safe-sex superheroes protect Vancouver
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For those who are visiting Vancouver to catch some Olympic action – there is a group of volunteers who have taken to the streets to make sure visitors don’t catch anything else. The World’s Andrea Crossan has more. Download MP3 (photo: Andrea Crossan)
The gulf between Iran and the Arab world
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A war of words among Gulf states is heating up over what to call that body of water. Arab states refer to it as the Arabian Gulf. Iran insists that it’s the Persian Gulf. And the disagreement is a big deal. For example, the Islamic Solidarity Games were to be held in Iran in April. But they were scrapped because of the dispute. Marco Werman talks with Abbas Milani, the Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University. Download MP3
Saving a river along the US-Mexico border
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Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora are divided by an international border. But they are also united by the Santa Cruz river. In recent years, the river has become dry and now government agencies and citizens groups on both sides are struggling to preserve this precious waterway. The World’s Lorne Matalon reports. Download MP3 (Photo: Lorne Matalon)
The military’s bomb squads
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Correspondent Ben Gilbert talks to military personnel from Explosive Ordinance Disposal Teams whose skills are in high demand to defuse booby traps and road side bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Worst Olympics in history?
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The British press has said the Vancouver Winter Olympics are on pace to be the worst in Olympic history. How do people in Vancouver feel about that? We speak with Daphne Branham, a columnist with the Vancouver Sun.
Nigeria and Niger’s governments in flux
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The governments of two West African neighbors are in a state of flux. Nigeria’s president was hospitalized in Saudi Arabia in November and to the north, the government of Niger underwent a military coup and the presidential palace was attacked in broad daylight. We speak with Jennifer Cooke, director of the Africa program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
Geo Quiz
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A new market for brewers
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India is a potentially a huge beer market. But brewers face a key obstacle: a government ban on advertising beer. Elliot Hannon reports on efforts to carefully skirt the law.
Geo answer
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In today’s Geo Quiz we were looking for the name of one the most famous music recording studios in the world. The answer is Abbey Road — the London recording studio. Last week the music company that owns it said it was for sale… this week EMI says “nevermind!” Instead EMI says it’s looking for ways to revitalize the studio and return it to profitability. We speak with London-based music producer Joe Boyd.
Historic music studio
For today’s Geo Quiz we’re searching for a 19th century town house. This piece of London real estate has been a recording studio for decades. Its first music recording took place in 1931. Over the years — a long list of musicians walked through the studio’s doors. The list includes artists like Paul Robeson, Fats [...]
Quan Ho
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Vietnam these days is young, energetic and hip to the world’s latest trends and technology. Some 60 percent of Vietnamese are under 30, and more likely to listen to pop tunes than traditional Vietnamese music. The Vietnamese government hopes to change that. It recently won UNESCO recognition for two kinds of traditional Vietnamese music. The one with a little more swing and sass is Quan Ho. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports from northern Vietnam.
Music Heard On Air for Monday, Feb 22, 2010
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for February 22, 2010. Artists featured are Orchestra Lissanga, Jackie Mittoo, Gipsy Kings, Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder, Oran Etkin, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba featuring Harouna Samake.
World Books Review: An Urgent “February”
Canadian writer Lisa Moore’s second novel, a harrowing tale of loss, solidifies her reputation as a gifted writer whose prose exhibits an urgency, precision, and sensitivity worthy of the legacy of Virginia Woolf.
Reporter’s journal from the Island of Yap
I’m sitting on my balcony, at the Pathways Cottages in Yap – not cottages, really, but bamboo houses on stilts, high in the trees, with thatch roofs. They overlook a lagoon, and coconut palms sway in the breeze. It would be idyllic – except that the busiest street in town runs right in front of this place. Now, on an island of 8,000 people, in an archipelago of 12,000, the busiest street in town isn’t exactly gridlocked – but there are enough cars swooshing past on a regular basis to break the island idyll. For that matter, so does the chainsaw my next-door neighbors choose to run at 7am.
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