Archive for 2010
Geo Quiz
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Where will our Geo Quiz take us today?
Geo answer
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For today’s Geo Quiz we’re looking for the country that’s THIRD in international ticket sales for the blockbuster film, Avatar. The first is France — number two is Germany, and third is Russia – the answer to our Geo Quiz. Oleg Sulkin writes about film for the Russian magasine Itogi.
Letter adds force to Iran’s opposition movement
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The World’s Alex Gallafent examines the impact of a critical letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader published by a group of Tehran University professors.
Huun Huur Tu and Carmen Rizzo
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You may have heard Tuvan throat singing, a style that involves a performer vocalizing several notes at once. But YOU probably have never heard Tuvan throat singing like this.
Pandora
Our eyes are on Pandora for today’s Geo Quiz. Pandora is the setting for the science-fiction movie “Avatar.” The film broke through the “one billion dollars in ticket sales” barrier this past weekend. That’s thanks in part to big international audiences. “Avatar” is already the most successful movie EVER in the country we want you to name today.
Music Heard on Air for January 5, 2010
Tunes Spun On The Word Between our reports for January 5, 2010. Artists featured are Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Hip Son, Jonthan Richman and The Modern Lovers, Dieneba Seck, Kila, Cahit Berkay and Grup Zan, Tor Dietrichson, Bela Fleck.
Entire program – January 4, 2010
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Today on The World: Increased airport security around the world focuses on travelers from 14 nations; Also, the US increases counter-terrorism aid to Yemen; Plus, the world’s tallest building makes its debut today.
Fighting terrorism in Yemen
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The US and Yemen share an interest in stamping out the Yemen-based group, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which has been blamed for the attempt to blow up flight 253 to Detroit on Christmas Day. So Washington has ramped up counter-terrorism aid to the Yemeni government. Jeb Sharp talks with the BBC’s Jonathan Head, who is currently in Sana’a. Download MP3
Guam awaits the Marines
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The population of Guam is expected to increase by 50 % in the next four years. That’s because the U.S. military plans to redeploy thousands of Marines and their families from the Japanese island of Okinawa. The move could bring an economic boom to the Pacific island but it threatens to strain Guam’s infrastructure as Akiko Fujita reports. Download MP3 (Photo: Johan Burati)2nd tallest building
For today’s Geo Quiz — dueling skyscrapers. The world’s tallest skyscraper officially opened today in the Gulf emirate of Dubai.
Dubai super tower
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The world’s tallest building has been opened in a dramatic fireworks ceremony in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. The Burj Khalifa is more than 2,700 feet high. Construction began in 2004, at the height of an economic boom but now the opening came after a financial crisis which has seen Dubai bailed out by Abu Dhabi. Bernard Zand, is a correspondent for ‘Der Spiegel’ Download MP3 (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Indian coin sellers
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India is a country teaming with enterprise – from quacks doing cataract operations in the middle of the road to children selling hand-made cards to passers-by. At Haji Ali Dargah, a mosque and tomb, just off the coast of Mumbai – even the beggars are entrepreneurs. Most devotees like to hand out coins to the hundreds of beggars who line the road, wailing piteously to Allah, but few are willing to part with big bills. In response, some beggars have started a coin-change business, making it easier to give alms. Linda Blake reports. Download MP3
Passengers under tighter scrutiny
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The US government is asking governments around the world to increase security screening of passengers bound for the United States. In particular, U-S officials are asking for tighter scrutiny of airline passengers from 14 nations, including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Nigeria. The World’s Jason Margolis reports.
US HIV travel ban lifted
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Even as new airport security restrictions go into effect for passengers bound for the United States, the is lifting another kind of travel restriction — the one on travellers with HIV. Anchor Jeb Sharp has more.
Squatting in London
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Londoner Katherine Hibbert was 26 years old and doing fine until she was laid off and informed that her rent was going up. So Katherine Hibbert decided to chuck it all… and live on just about no money. She became a squatter. That meant finding unused buildings to live in and finding food where she could. We speak with her about her experience as a squatter.
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