Archive for 2010
Myth busting Geo Quiz
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Archimedes figures in today’s Geo Quiz: The early Greek mathematician and inventor was born in a seaport city on the island of Sicily. The city was once part of Greater Greece which included the coastal areas of southern Italy. So we’re looking for this city, where Archimedes came up with his many inventions and scientific ideas. Download MP3Sarkozy versus Gypsy
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The Romanian rock band Vama has written a song that takes on some of the common misconceptions about the Roma or Gypsies and skewers French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s expulsion of Gypsies from France earlier this year.Matthew Brunwasser reports. Download MP3
Columbia University warns students against Wikileaks
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Students at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs are criticizing a warning from university officials not to tweet or post links to WikiLeaks. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from a professor at Columbia, Gary Sick. Download MP3
North Korea affects US-South Korea relations
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North Korea’s attack on a South Korean island two weeks ago may have had an unexpected effect. Some observers say it helped paved the way for the US and South Korea to finally agree on a trade pact. Correspondent Jason Strother reports from Seoul. Download MP3
Compromise at climate summit
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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC’s Richard Black about the unexpected air of compromise at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Summit in Cancun, Mexico. Download MP3Richard Black’s Earthwatch Blog
US may approve more “dirty” Canadian oil
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Native American tribes visited the State Department today to discuss a proposed oil pipeline that would run from Canada right down to refineries in Texas on the Gulf Coast. Environmentalists oppose the pipeline because it would carry “dirty” oil from Alberta’s tar sands. The World’s Jeb Sharp reports. Download MP3
Music Heard on Air for December 7, 2010
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for December 7, 2010. Artists featured are Craig Taubman, Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Lamine Konte.
Entire program – December 6,2010
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Today on The World: World powers ask Iran to clear up doubts about its nuclear program;Also, a Missouri custody case pits an illegal immigrant from Guatemala against a American couple who’ve adopted her U-S born son;and, an Italian supermarket chain urges consumers to stop buying bottled water. Download MP3
Iran and world powers hold nuclear talks
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Iran and key world powers have begun talks in the Swiss city of Geneva on Tehran’s disputed nuclear program. On Sunday Iran said it had delivered its first domestically produced raw uranium and would now go into the talks with “strength and power”. Western powers fear Iran may be trying to produce nuclear arms, but Tehran says its program is purely peaceful. Lisa Mullins talks with the BBC’s Iran correspondent James Reynolds who is at the meeting. Download MP3
Court considers fate of adopted Guatemalan boy
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This month, the fate of a US-born son of a Guatemalan immigrant will be decided by the Missouri Supreme Court, who was detained in a raid at poultry processing plant in 2007. Reporter Sylvia Maria Gross has more. Download MP3Professor Marcia Zug is answering listener questions on issues of family law here.
Italy’s campaign against bottled water
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An Italian supermarket chain is urging its customers to stop buying bottled water from far away sources because of the pollution caused when the water is transported from source to store. Megan Williams reports on the ad campaign, and why some are skeptical about the company’s motives. Download MP3Haifa forest fire extinguished
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A massive wildfire which killed 42 people in northern Israel has now been extinguished, emergency officials say. The blaze had required international firefighters and equipment to stem it. Israelis are now asking why their officials weren’t prepared and what might be different next time. And many wonder whether the fire has national security implications. Matthew Bell has more. Download MP3View pictures from Israel
Dealing with Ireland’s debt woes
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Tuesday, Ireland will unveil an austerity budget aimed at cutting costs and sealing a bailout deal with the International Monetary Fund and the European Union. Some of the measures include cuts to the minimum wage and other government social programs, and tax increases. The World’s Laura Lynch reported from Ireland 18 months ago when most thought the country had already hit rock bottom. Now, she’s gone back to see two of the people she met then, to find out how they’ve fared. Download MP3Parental rights for illegal immigrants
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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Marcia Zug, professor of family law at the University of South Carolina School of Law, about the issue of illegal immigrants in the US who are separated from their children because of detention and deportation. Download MP3
A good relationship gone sour
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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Boston Globe reporter, Jenn Abelson, about her article on the relationship between undocumented workers from Brazil and the high-profile pizza store chain they helped build. What was initially a mutually beneficial relationship ended up souring amid allegations of denied pay and exploitation. Download MP3
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