Archive for 2010
Listener comments
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Anchor Jeb Sharp shares some interesting comments from our listeners regarding the Earth’s diameter.
Swiss tax evasion ruling
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A court in Switzerland ruled today that a Swiss financial regulator broke secrecy laws by ordering the bank UBS to release client information to U-S tax authorities. Anchor Jeb Sharp finds out more from Beat Kappeler, an economist and weekly contributor to the daily “Le Temps” in Geneva.
Geo Answer
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For today’s Geo Quiz we were looking for the zoo where FIVE RARE WHITE TIGER CUBS were recently born. The answer is the Chilean National Zoo in Santiago, Chile. Anchor Jeb Sharp finds out more about the white tiger cubs from zoo veterinarian Carolina Ibarra.
White tigers
Now for today’s Geo Quiz we’re searching for a zoo in Latin America. The zoo we want you to name is in a Latin American capital city. This city has a spectacular view of the southern Andes.
Music Heard on Air for January 8, 2010
Tunes Spun On The Word Between our reports for January 8, 2010. Artists featured are Rosewell Rudd, Toumani Diabate, Bela Fleck, Moriba Koita, Tinariwen, Tor Dietrichson, Bossacucanova y Roberto Menescal.
Tech Podcast: M-PESA, Y2K10, and Call of Duty
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And…we’re back, ready for a whole new year of fun and frolics on the Tech Podcast. The centerpiece for this episode is a conversation with Tavneet Suri of MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Suri, a Kenyan herself, has been studying the impact of the mobile money transfer system called M-PESA on her native country. We’ve also got two items on tech and Iran, some news about a Y2K10 bug in Germany, and some Russians who are riled about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
Entire program – January 7, 2010
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Today on The World: The latest on the White House report on security lapses that preceded the failed airliner attack on Christmas Day; Also the story behind the near-death and vibrant modern life of the Hebrew language; Why the year 2010 is causing problems for consumers using credit cards and ATM’s in Germany.
The President’s report on Flight 253
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President Obama has spoken of the intelligence failures uncovered by the White House inquiry into the attempted Christmas Day airliner bombing. He said the government had the relevant information – scattered around the system, as he put it – to possibly prevent the attack, but failure to follow up on the information, coupled with a failure of analysis, had left the US exposed. Anchor Jeb Sharp talks with The World’s Matthew Bell about the President’s speech. Download MP3 Britain’s winter woes
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People in Britain are struggling with the harshest winter conditions in quite some time. With overnight temperatures as low as zero degrees Fahrenheit and days of snow fall, thousands of schools remain shut and power cuts are affecting thousands of homes. We’ll have more from Laura Lynch reports. Download MP3 (Photo of Hawick, Scotland by Neil Dickson)
Israelis mark National Hebrew Day
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A hundred-twenty years ago a scholar named Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, took a dead language and started adding words. Modern Hebrew is still a work in progress. The Academy of the Hebrew Language is constantly introducing new words to keep Israel’s national language up-to-date. Daniel Estrin reports. Download MP3
Germany’s 2010 bug
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Remember the Y2K bug? Well, Germany is experiencing a computer glitch, 10 years after millennium bug. It’s a software problem that’s preventing computers from recognizing “2010″ on credit cards. David Hecht checked it out for us. Download MP3
BBC slideshow: African elders
The BBC recently asked online visitors from Africa to send in pictures of elders. The result is a stunning slideshow full of pictures like this one. Here, an Ethiopian man meditates by the rock-hewn churches in Lalibela. The photo was sent in to the BBC by Eugene Prahin. Follow the link below to see the entire slideshow.
Bomb suspect recruited in Britain
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A top Yemen official said today that the failed Christmas Day bomber Abdul Mutallab was first recruited by al Qaeda in London. Anchor Jeb Sharp speaks with British security analyst Charles Shoebridge about whether the United Kingdom is a fertile breeding ground for radical Islam.
Sudan peace deal in jeopardy
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id agencies in Sudan today warned that the five-year-old peace deal between north and south Sudan could collapse. Reporter Alan Boswell finds out what’s going wrong with the 2005 peace deal that ended a generation of conflict.
Child soldiers in Nepal
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Jeb Sharp speaks with Radhika Coomaraswamy, the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict about the use of child soldiers by Maoists in Nepal and the efforts to release them back into society.
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