Archive for 2010
Geo answer
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The answer to our Quiz today is the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. That’s where two young boys rescued a man from the surf yesterday, as The BBC’s Phil Mercer tells us.
Gold Coast
We’re looking for the Gold Coast for today’s Geo Quiz. The question is… WHICH one? There’s a region of West Africa that was known as the Gold Coast in colonial times. There’s also a stretch by the same name in Florida between Palm Beach and Miami. It supposedly got its name from the gold coins that used to wash up on the beaches from sunken Spanish galleons…
Music Heard on Air for January 11, 2010
Tunes Spun On The Word Between our reports for January 11, 2010. Artists featured are Kila, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba featuring Harouna Samake, Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder, Pell Mell, Los de Abajo.
Hebrew’s revival, Turkey’s banned letters, and Q
Hebrew is most successful attempt ever at language revival. We find out why. Also, Malaysians are rioting after a court rules that a Catholic newspaper can use the word Allah. Then, two reports on alphabet letters: in Sweden, parents win the right to name their newborn Q; and in Turkey, using the Kurdish-associated letters Q, W or X can land you in jail. And, a two-nations-divided-by-one-language examination of the word grit.
World Books Review: The Birth of Infinity
The contest between French and Russian mathematicians who sought new answers to one of the oldest puzzles in math, the nature of infinity, inspired this intriguing book. The French school chased rationalist solutions, while the Russian mathematicians were reportedly inspired by mystical insights attained through their religious practice, visions into the infinite that led to the founding of descriptive set theory.
Global Political Cartoons: January 2 – 8, 2010
American security officials usher in the new year with…body scans!! That prompts cartoonists to add a bit of naughtiness to the end of the naughts. Plus, the CIA still doesn’t get it and the saga of the swine flu continues.
Entire program – January 8, 2010
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Today on The World: We examine the evolution of language used by officials in Washington to describe the fight against terrorism; Wine-makers in Italy — including a descendant of Dante — fight development that could hurt their vineyards; and another battle rages on between Israel and Lebanon…this time, though, the conflict is in the kitchen…over who makes the best hummus.
“We are at war”
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In his report about the attempted Christmas Day airliner bombing, President Obama said “we are at war against al Qaeda.” The unclassified summary stated that US intelligence officials had received unspecified “discrete pieces of intelligence” to identify the alleged bomber as an al-Qaeda operative. The World’s Matthew Bell explores what the President means by being “at war”. Download MP3 (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Another hummus record
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Israel has taken the upper hand in a different kind of Mideast conflict: cooks in a town near Jerusalem have whipped up more than four metric tons of hummus, the chickpea paste that is a staple for many in the region. The cooks doubled the previous record for the world’s biggest serving of hummus, set in October by cooks in Lebanon. Aaron Schachter checks out the culinary delights. Download MP3
Being gay in Uganda
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A Ugandan government minister has said that a proposed law which includes the death penalty for some homosexual acts is “not necessary”. The bill submitted last October sparked international condemnation. Homosexual acts are punishable by up to 14 years in jail in Uganda. Jeb Sharp talks with Maria Burnett, Uganda researcher for Human Rights Watch, about the anti-gay bill. Download MP3
Moroccan music
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For our Global Hit today, we took an unscientific survey of what people in the city of Marrakech are listening to. The World’s Adeline Sire went to Morocco and took a sampling. Download MP3
Rift in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the world’s oldest and largest Islamist group, counts 150,000 members But it’s becoming increasingly divided over its role in Egyptian politics. Reporter Ursula Lindsey has the story from Cairo.
Churches attacked in Malaysia
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Jeb Sharp speaks with the BBC’s Jennifer Pak about a spate of attacks on Christian churches in Malaysia. They follow a controversy over the use of the word “Allah” by some Malaysians when referring to the God of Christianity.
Dante descendant in wine-region dust-up
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Wine-makers in northern Italy’s Valpolicella region are worried about a local cement factory’s plans for expansion. Among the wine-makers is a direct descendant of Italy’s greatest poet, Dante. The BBC’s Mark Duff reports.
Geo Quiz
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