Archive for 2010
The challenges faced by Africans living in Malta
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Since 2002, thousands of Africans have journeyed through deserts and risked their lives to reach the shores of the Mediterranean and north to Europe. Some have been rescued at sea by the Maltese navy and transported to Malta, which lies between Africa and continental Europe. When their requests for asylum elsewhere are denied, they become stuck – often indefinitely – in the EU’s smallest nation-state. In part 3 of his series on nomadic migration and skin color, Phillip Martin reports. Download MP3
Lebanon awaits Hariri assassination indictments
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Tensions are rising in Lebanon as a UN court prepares to issue indictments relating to the assassination of the country’s former prime minister. There is reason to believe that members of the powerful political party of Hezbollah will be named. Ben Gilbert reports that Hezbollah is mounting a counter-offensive. Download MP3
Lesbians oppose memorial to gay Holocaust victims
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A memorial to honor Germany’s gay Holocaust victims is being opposed by an unlikely group. Daniel Estrin reports that the controversy is that the memorial ignores Lesbians who also suffered under the Nazis. Download MP3
Music inspired by the desert
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Today’s Global Hit features trance music inspired by the desert. Electronic DJ and producer Seb Taylor plays music from his CD ‘Desert Phase.’ Download MP3
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2010 – A mixed year for Mideast peace
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The World’s Matthew Bell talks with Israelis and Palestinians about hopes and disappointments of the past year in US-brokered peace processing, along with what to expect in the year ahead. Download MP3
Vatican bank gets an upgrade
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Lisa Mullins talks with theologian Father Thomas Reese about changes in the Vatican Bank. New rules announced today should increase transparency, prevent money laundering or the financing of terrorists. Download MP3
Ivory Coast possibly “on the brink”
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Anchor Lisa Mullins talks to the BBC’s John James in Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast. Post-election violence there has subsided, but the Ivory Coast ambassador to the U-N warns the country could be “on the brink of genocide. Download MP3
Zimbabweans forced out of South Africa
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Hundreds of thousands of migrants from Zimbabwe have resettled in neighboring South Africa during the past four years, fleeing a collapsed economy and political violence in their home country. But many of them could face deportation back to Zimbabwe unless they apply for a visa by close of business tomorrow. Anders Kelto reports from Bellville, South Africa. Download MP3
Larsson’s last city
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We get literary for today’s Geo Quiz. We are looking for the city the 50-year-old Steig Larsson was living and working in, in 2004 when he died of a heart attack. Download MP3
Music Heard on Air for December 30, 2010
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for December 30, 2010. Artists featured are Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Habib Koite, Reminiscence Quartet, Craig Taubman, Toumani Diabate.
Entire program – December 29, 2010
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China admits it has a corruption problem, and vows to crack down; Also, how drug-related violence in Mexico is affecting one popular tourist town far from the border;Plus, abandoned coal pits in eastern Germany are transformed into a man-made lake district. Download MP3
China’s corruption problems
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The Chinese government has released its first ever report on their fight against corruption. Officials within the Communist Party reportedly spend huge sums on lavish parties. Other problems include embezzlement and bribery. Host Lisa Mullins talks to the BBC’s Martin Patience in Beijing. Download MP3
From Libya to detention in Malta
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Malta sits between Africa and Europe.Because of its location, wave after wave of illegal immigrants traveling by boat have come ashore on a regular basis.Though migration waves have slowed down dramatically in recent months from a high of nearly 3000 in 2009, the tiny island nation of 400,000 citizens, receives more asylum seekers –for its size—than any other EU country.In an effort to discourage illegal immigration, Malta has one of the toughest detention policies in Europe, and some say it goes too far.This is part two of Phillip Martin’s special report on nomadic migration and skin color. Download MP3Slideshow: The detention conditions in Malta
Violence impacts Mexico tourism
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Violence in Mexico is not just taking a toll along the border. It’s impacting tourism to the country’s interior.The World’s Jason Margolis has more from San Miguel de Allende, a popular tourist destination in central Mexico. Download MP3
Turning mine pits into lakes in Germany
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Caitlan Carroll reports from the Lusatia in eastern Germany, where a region scarred by 17 abandoned open pit mines is being transformed into a beautiful lake district for recreational use. Download MP3
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