Archive for 2010
Dream Act in Ohio
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The Dream Act could provide a pathway to legal residency for young immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children. The Act passed the House last week and is awaiting a vote in the Senate. A conservative community in Ohio is now supporting its passage as an 18-year-old community member awaits deportation to Guatemala, a country he hasn’t seen since age three. The World’s Jason Margolis has more. Download MP3
Book recommendations from afar
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We get recommendations for holiday reading from bookstores in London, Jerusalem, Beijing and Brussels. Download MP3See the recommendations
Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan war effort
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Pakistan needs to do more, according to the Obama administration’s official review of the war in Afghanistan. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC’s Aleem Maqbool in Islamabad. Download MP3
UN ends sanctions against Iraq
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The UN Security Council today lifted key sanctions against Iraq, 19 years after they were put imposed. One former UN diplomat says the sanctions harmed civilian population more than anyone else. Anchor Lisa Mullins has details. Download MP3
Have a cigar!
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Our Geo Quiz is about cigars this time. The best cigars come from Cuba. At least that’s what cigar aficionados say. But it’s been illegal to import Cuban cigars to the US since the 1960′s. Browse your local tobacco shop, and you’ll spot cigars from a lot of other countries. We want you to name two of the most popular with cigar lovers. Download MP3Zimbabwe’s Oliver Mtukudzi
Mannasseh Phiri is a part-time DJ in Zambia. His selections for us today is a recent CD by Zimbabwean musician Oliver Mtukudzi. The album is called ‘Dairai.’
Nigerian Cartoonist Tayo Fatunla
Here’s a concept: political cartoons about Africa….by an African political cartoonist. Nigerian Tayo Fatunla has been making visual comments — sometimes funny, sometimes quite somber — on the politics of his home country, Nigeria, and the rest of Africa, for decades. Tayo Fatunla joins The World’s Carol Hills in this narrated cartoon slideshow featuring a selection of the Nigerian cartoonist’s work from the past decade.
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Music Heard on Air for December 16, 2010
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for December 16, 2010. Artists featured are Moriba Koita, Cubanismo, Ali Farka Toure, Toumani Diabate, Vieux Farka Toure, Paul Hamner.
Entire program – December 15, 2010
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Today on The World: Is Kosovo run by a mafia-like government? We’ll hear about a new report that says the answer is yes. Also, what the Wikileaks cable say about Saudi Arabia’s role in the Middle East; Plus, rationing health care in Britain in the name of benefitting the greatest number of people possible. Download MP3
Rationing Health Care in Britain
Some argue that the goal of medical rationing should be to focus resources where they will offer the greatest health benefit to the greatest number of people.That is the aim of the UK’s rationing plan but Britain’s plan is now under fire. Patrick Cox has part 2 of our series. (Photo: Mark Wessels)
Kosovo leaders ‘run crime network’
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A report due to be presented to the Council of Europe tomorrow says the government of Kosovo headed by Hashim Thaci (pictured) is a mafia-like group responsible for drug-running, arms-smuggling, and even organ harvesting. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more about the allegations from Michael Montgomery of the Center for Investigative Reporting. Download MP3What Wikileaks reveals about Saudi Arabia
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When Wikileaks released a huge tranche of US diplomatic cables recently, the behind-the scenes machinations of one country in particular caused some headlines. That’s Saudi Arabia. But, long-term Saudi watchers caution against reading the cables on their own. The World’s Alex Gallafent reports. Download MP3Persian pop group Abjeez
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Reporter Betto Arcos has the story of two Iranian sisters who make Persian pop music in Stockholm and Los Angeles. Their group is called Abjeez, which is slang for “sister” in Farsi. Download MP3Watch Abjeez’s video for their song “Eddeaa”
English sources, Italian renaissance, Spanish rebellion
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In this week’s World in Words podcast: With budgets tight at American schools and colleges, and with a growing interest in Chinese, what happens to a language like Italian? Also, Latin America is livid with the Royal Spanish Academy, which has decided to remove two letters from the Spanish alphabet. And the relaunched online version of the Oxford English Dictionary: now with detailed word histories and sources.Download MP3
The US relationship with Kosovo
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Retired Army Major-General William Nash was the United Nation’s civil administrator in Kosovo in 2000. He says Washington should re-examine its close relationship with Kosovo’s government. Download MP3
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