Archive for 2010
Tensions between China and Japan
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Tensions between China and Japan are rising. A naval confrontation led to the Japanese detention of a Chinese fishing skipper in disputed waters earlier this month. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets details and analysis from the World’s Mary Kay Magistad in Beijing. (Photo: Naitokz/Flickr) Download MP3India’s Commonwealth Games
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The Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India are set to start in two weeks and already there is a problem. Teams arriving for the games say the athletes village is filthy and unfit for human habitation. But Delhi officials insist everything will be ready to go once the games begin. The World’s Laura Lynch reports. Download MP3Geo Quiz: Newfoundland’s hurricane
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Download MP3It’s not often we mention the words “hurricane” and “Canada” in the same sentence. Today’s Geo Quiz does just that. Hurricanes usually lose their “umph” by the time they reach Canada, if they even reach that far north. But Igor behaved a little differently. The storm was still packing hurricane-force winds as it reached Newfoundland. We’re looking for a southern peninsula in Newfoundland that took a direct hit from Igor.
Name the peninsula in Newfoundland where Marystown is located.
Sergeant gets posthumous Medal of Honor
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Download MP3President Obama today posthumously awarded US Air Force Sergeant Richard Etchberger the military’s highest award – the Medal of Honor – for saving the lives of at least two of his Vietnam War colleagues in Laos in 1968. His family only recently found out how he died. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from Timothy Castle, who attended today’s ceremony at the White House. Castle is with the CIA’s Center for the Study of Intelligence. He’s also the author of “One Day Too Long: Top Secret Site 85 and the Bombing of North Vietnam.”
Geo Quiz: Newfoundland’s southern peninsula?
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Download MP3Name the peninsula in Newfoundland where Marystown is located.
Algeria’s Hasna el Becharia
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The World’s Marco Werman introduces us to Algerian singer Hasna el Becharia, and the young woman she inspired, Souad Asla. Download MP3Music Heard on Air for September 21, 2010
Tunes Spun On The World Between Our Reports For September 21, 2010. Artists featured are Moriba Koita, Jesse Cook, Yoshida Brothers, Rokia Traore, Carol Thompson, Outback.
Entire program – September 20, 2010
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Download MP3Today on The World: Growing frustrations in Iraq after the departure of US combat troops; Charges of fraud loom over Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections; and an ancient Indian epic gets new life as a graphic novel.
Iraq still looking for new government
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Six months after nationwide elections, Iraq is still without a new government. Ayad Allawi’s Iraqiya List and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Malikis ‘State of Law’ coalition got the most votes in the election last March, but neither has been able to gather enough support to form a government. The political impasse continues as American presence in Iraq decreases and frustration on the Iraqi street grows. Susannah George has more from Baghdad. (Photo: Omar Chatriwala/Al Jazeera) Download MP3
Swedish far-right wins seats in parliament
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A far-right party in Sweden has won seats in parliament for the first time, denying the governing centre-right coalition an overall majority. The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats have won 20 of the 349 seats in the country’s single assembly, following Sunday’s general election. Lisa Mullins talks with Kent Ekeroth of the Sweden Democrats. Download MP3Road safety in Tanzania
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More than a million people die on the roads every year, the vast majority in the developing world. In some age groups the deaths outpace those from diseases like AIDS and malaria and yet those receive far more attention and funding. We go to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to witness a slice of the global epidemic in road traffic injuries and what can be done about it. Download MP3The Jolly Boys revisited
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The Jolly Boys were playing dance music in Jamaica when Bob Marley was just a child. They’re still performing, and gaining a whole new audience for the music known as ‘mento.’ Madeleine Bair has the Global Hit from Kingston. Download MP3World Books Review: A Norwegian Ghost Story
Winner of this year’s prestigious International Ibsen Award, Norwegian writer Jon Fosse is considered one of Europe’s finest living playwrights. Yet he is virtually unknown in America. Judging from this compelling novella, the neglect is not deserved.
Fraud claims mar Afghan elections
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Download MP3Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Dawood Azami about this weekend’s Afghan parliamentary vote. Election observers are voicing serious concerns about the process, citing reports of ballot stuffing; repeat-voting; and the use of fake voter IDs.
Indian epic gets modern treatment
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The ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata, is being retold in a new graphic novel that’s set to hit book stores around the world. Reporter Bruce Wallace has the story. (Artwork by Mukesh Singh. 18 DAYS © 2010 Liquid Comics LLC & Perspective Studios. All Rights Reserved) Download MP3
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