Entire program – June 2, 2010

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Today on The World: An update from Gaza on how the aid shipments blocked by Israel were supposed to be used; Also, Taliban attacks mar day one of Afghanistan’s peace council; Plus, how a simple salad spinner could help doctors in developing countries diagnose anemia.

Israel deports Gaza activists

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Israel is deporting hundreds of foreign activists detained after the deadly raid on an aid flotilla trying to break its blockade of Gaza. Nine activists died when Israeli commandos boarded the convoy on Monday. Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed to continue the blockade and said lifting it would make the Hamas-controled territory a base for missile attacks. The BBC’s Jon Donnison in Gaza describes the kind of aid the activists were trying to deliver. Download MP3

• BBC coverage
• In pictures: Gaza activists released
• Jeb Sharp on Israel’s efforts to blockade Hamas

Salad spinner centrifuge

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Doctors in developing countries need a cheap centrifuge to test blood samples for anemia. Some university students think they have one. It’s a salad spinner tricked out with test tubes. The students are taking it out for field tests in Ecuador and Swaziland. The World’s Clark Boyd reports. Download MP3

• Video: Watch the salad spinner centrifuge in action
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Senegal street children

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In most any city in the world, you’ll find beggars — the homeless, the disabled, those down on their luck. In the West African city of Dakar, the capital of Senegal, many beggars are children. How those children end up on the streets is a complex tale that often involves Senegal’s religious schooling system. It’s a system that many now want to reform. Jori Lewis has the story from Dakar. Download MP3(Photo: Jori Lewis)

• Jori Lewis meets a Senegalese family that relies on money from overseas
• Senegal’s overharvested Atlantic fishery
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Decaying bombs

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Follow the Leine River for today’s Geo Quiz. That river takes you to central Germany and to the German state of Lower Saxony.

Parsing Israeli reaction to ship raid

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Jeffery Goldberg, a correspondent for The Atlantic, says most Israelis think their government appeared incompetent in its recent raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. Goldberg is now in Jerusalem. He speaks with anchor Marco Werman.

An Israeli life

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Longtime Israeli politician and educator, Lova Eliav, passed away this week at the age of 89. Eliav was one of the early leaders of Israel’s Labor Party. Correspondent Linda Gradstein looks back on his life and his influence on what the state of Israel has become today.

Shooting spree in England

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Emily Unia about a shooting spree in England’s rural Lake District today that left 13 people dead, including the shooter.

Violence mars Afghan peace jirga

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A gathering to discuss ways to bring peace to Afghanistan got under way today in Kabul despite rocket and suicide bomb attacks by the Taliban. The attackers aren’t the only ones critical of the peace jirga. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Ajmal Khan Zazai, a tribal leader in the eastern province of Paktia.

Geo Quiz

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Our daily geography puzzler.

Japanese Prime Minister resigns

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Japan’s Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned today, just eight months after taking office. A controversial US military base on Okinawa had a lot to do with his stepping down. Akiko Fujita reports from Tokyo.

Geo answer

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For today’s Geo Quiz we were looking for a town in central Germany known for its botanical gardens and its university. It’s also where a World War Two-era bomb exploded last night — killing three experts who were getting ready to defuse it. The answer is the city of Goettingen.

Personal soundtracks to war: PFC Michael Dalere

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Jake Warga continues his listening tour of what US soldiers in Iraq have on their iPods.

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Missing in America, Alissa Quart in Berlin, Oil Spills in WWII

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On this week’s history podcast we replay three stories from our Memorial Day broadcast on May 31, 2010. Here’s the lineup: Marco Werman’s interview with Major Fred Salanti of the Missing in America Project, Alissa Quart‘s essay on the Neues Museum in Berlin, and reporter Molly Murray on oil spilled in the Atlantic during WWII. Download MP3

Soccer World Cup 2010

The eyes of soccer fans from around the world are on South Africa in June and July. The United States is one of 32 teams competing for the FIFA world championship in tournament hosted by an African nation for the first time. Find all of our World Cup coverage here.

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