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Archive for August, 2010

Arctic capital

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Think north and sparsely populated for our Geo Quiz: We’re looking for a tiny territorial capital just south of the Arctic Circle. This community used to be called Frobisher Bay. It was founded in 1942 as an American airbase and soon played a strategic role in the Cold War. Download MP3

Entire program – August 17, 2010

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Today on The World: The challenges in getting supplies to millions of flood victims in Pakistan; Also, fighting to protect the vanishing cedars of Lebanon; And, North Korea starts a twitter account.

Flood aid slow to reach Pakistan

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UN aid agencies have said hundreds of thousands of people affected by the floods in Pakistan have yet to receive aid, adding that the relief operation remains underfunded. Officials say the humanitarian situation there remains one of the most serious they have ever experienced. Katy Clark gets the latest from Oxfam operations manager Arif Jabbar in Islamabad. (Oxfam flickr image: Qasim Berech) Download MP3

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Map: See the areas effected by the flood
American aid for Pakistan
BBC program for flood victims

Saving Lebanon’s legendary Cedar trees

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Cedar tree in Lebanon (Photo: Olivier Bezes)

Ari Daniel Shapiro reports on efforts to preserve Lebanon’s legendary cedar trees. The cedars have been an important part of life in the region for at least eight thousand years, but they’re vanishing from the landscape. (Photo: Olivier Bezes) Download MP3

Ari Daniel Shapiro produces the podcast One Species at a Time for the Encyclopedia of Life with Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
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North Korea on Twitter

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North Korea appears to have ramped up its propaganda war against South Korea and the US by turning to Twitter and YouTube – websites that most citizens of the reclusive communist country are banned from viewing. The World’s technology correspondent Clark Boyd has more. Download MP3

North Korean art in Vienna

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A rare exhibition of North Korean art is taking place in Vienna’s MAK Museum. The museum says it is the first time major paintings from the Korean Art Gallery in Pyongyang have been shown abroad. Katy Clark talks with The BBC’s Bethany Bell in Vienna. Download MP3

Dhafer Youssef

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Today’s Global Hit is a music pick from Tom Schnabel of KCRW in Santa Monica, California. He tells us about a new CD from Tunisian musician Dhafer Youssef.Download MP3

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Japan now number three

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For decades, Japan ranked as the world’s second largest economy. Now it’s been overtaken by China. But as Akiko Fujita reports from Tokyo, many in Japanese aren’t surprised.

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Bombing at Iraqi army recruitment center

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The US is slated to wind down its combat mission in Iraq at the end of this month, but things are not so peaceful there. Today, a suicide bomber blew himself up in Baghdad, killing more than 50 people. Anchor Katy Clark gets details from Jane Arraf of the Christine Science Monitor in Baghdad.

How to integrate Nepal’s ex-guerillas

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Nepal faces a political dilemma. It can’t seem to settle on a new prime minister. That reflects deep political divisions between Nepal’s traditional political parties, and ex-Maoist rebels who are now part of the political scene. As Reese Ehrlich reports, there’s another issue that remains unresolved: How to integrate those ex-guerillas into the country’s miiltary.

China’s consumer economy

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While Japan is re-examing its new place in the world order, what does it mean in China? And what does it mean for Chinese consumers? The World’s Jason Margolis takes a look.

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Geo Quiz

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The World’s daily geography challenge.

Geo Answer

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Speyside is a region in Scotland with a lot of whiskey distilleries. Speyside is the answer to our Geo Quiz. And scientists in Scotland say they’ve created a new bio-fuel made from the by-products of whiskey. They claim it could be used to power cars. Professor Martin Tangeny is at Edinburgh Napier University. He speaks to anchor Katy Clark about his team’s creation.

Geo Quiz Archive

Music Heard on Air for August 17, 2010

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Tunes Spun On The World Between Our Reports For August 17, 2010. Artists featured are Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, The Antques, DJ Format.

Bio fuels from single malts

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Single malt fans, this one’s for you! For today’s geo quiz, we’re looking for a region of Scotland that has a high density of whisky distilleries. Now, a team from Edinburgh Napier University has come up with a way to produce a bio-fuel from the by-products of whisky making.