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Archive for April, 2010
First Lady visits Haiti
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Download MP3First Lady Michelle Obama paid a surprise visit to Haiti today. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Guy Delva, head of the Haitian Journalists Association in Port au Prince.
World Cup ticket sales
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Download MP3The World Cup is less than two months away and organizers today admitted they’re worried about ticket sales for the event. They said it’s possible that when fans tune in to watch the games — there could be empty seats on the stands. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with The World’s William Troop, who’s keeping an eye on preparations for the World Cup.
Washington approves software for Iranians
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Download MP3Washington has authorized a new program designed to prevent Iran from filtering the internet and blocking websites. It’s the first such program for use inside Iran. Cyrus Farivar reports.
Geo Quiz
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“The Black Report”
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Download MP3The usual song and dance at the Reykjavik City Theatre in Iceland is on hold for a few days. Actors there are engaged in a rather grim, marathon performance. They’re offering a dramatic reading of a just-released 2000-page report on the country’s banking collapse. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Magnis Thortarson, artistic director of the Reykjavik City Theater.
Shakespeare in Urdu
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Download MP3A theater in Karachi, Pakistan, has a rare theatrical offering — a performance of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in conversational Urdu. Anchor Marco Werman has details.
Geo Answer
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Download MP3Somalia’s Islamist insurgents have ordered a number of radio stations throughout the country to stop playing music. The BBC’s Mohammed Olad Hassan is in Mogadishu – and Mogadishu is one of the answers to our geo quiz today. Somalia’s 3 largest cities are Mogadishu with 1.5 million people, Bosaso with 950,000 people and Hargeisa 800,000 people.
Christian Lindberg
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Christian Lindberg is a musician with both hands full. In one hand he holds a conductor’s baton and in the other he plays a trombone. For today’s Global Hit, The World’s Gerry Hadden caught a recent performance of Lindberg’s in Barcelona. Download MP3 (Photo: Mats Bäcker)Somalia’s largest cities
The Horn of Africa refers to the countries of Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somalia. It’s the easternmost region of Africa that juts out into the Arabian Sea, like a rhinoceros horn. Somalia’s long coastline is often in the news, it’s a common staging area for international piracy. But we’re looking inland: we want you to name Somalia’s 3 largest cities by population.
Music Heard on Air for April 13, 2010
Tunes Spun On The World Between Our Reports For April 13, 2010. Artists featured are Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Lamine Konte, Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Bassekou Kouyate, Ngoni ba, Ensemble FizFuz, Jan Garbarek, Justin Adams, Juldeh Camara.
Music Heard on Air for April 13, 2010
Tunes Spun On The World Between Our Reports For April 13, 2010. Artists featured are Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Lamine Konte, Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Bassekou Kouyate, Ngoni ba, Ensemble FizFuz, Jan Garbarek, Justin Adams, Juldeh Camara.
Elections in Sudan
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This episode of the history podcast features a conversation with historian Justin Willis of Durham University in the U.K. He tells us about Sudanese elections past and present and why this particular election seems like a lost opportunity that will likely lead to the persistence of authoritarian forms of government in Sudan. Download MP3
Entire program – April 12, 2010
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Today on The World: President Obama welcomes world leaders at the start of the nuclear security summit in Washington; Also, Poland continues to mourn the loss of its president and dozens of others in that plane crash in Russia; Plus, what’s behind North Korea’s proclamation of its leader Kim Jon Il as “global fashion icon.”
Iran’s nuclear conference
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Leaders from more than 40 countries are gathering in Washington for a summit called by President Barack Obama to look at measures to improve nuclear security. It is a major plank of Mr Obama’s nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation agenda. Neither North Korea nor Iran, two states with disputed nuclear ambitions, have been invited to the summit. In fact, Iran is hosting its own nuclear conference this week. Jim Walsh is an expert in international security and a Research Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Security Studies Program. Download MP3
Poland grieves after air crash
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Poland continues to mourn the loss of its president, Lech Kaczynski, and the many others who died when the presidential plane crashed in western Russia. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Adam Easton in Warsaw. Download MP3 (flickr image of Warsaw candle trail by Effervescing Elephant)
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