Archive for 2010
Canadian lake
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This time we’re headed to where the wild things are. It’s a place in southeastern British Columbia. If you’re driving there you would take the Crows Nest Highway to the “warmest tree-lined lake in Canada”. This lake was in the news recently. Canadian police raided a property there and found a fenced-off marijuana field with about a 1,000 plants. And they found what they believed were black bears guarding the property. Download MP3Entire program – August 25, 2010
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Download MP3Today on The World: Mexican officials are investigating the discovery of 72 bodies in a ranch near the border city of Matamoros; Also, a historian sees parallels between the mosque controversy in New York, and World War II-era efforts to block Buddhist temples in the US; Plus, a glimpse at how Chinese officials try to put their spin on foreign coverage of their country.
Dozens of bodies found in Mexico
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Mexican troops say they have discovered 72 bodies at a ranch in the north of the country. The bodies were found after a shoot-out with suspected drug cartel gunmen in which three gunmen and one marine were killed, the military said. More than 28,000 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico over the last four years. The BBC’s Julian Miglierini is following the story from Mexico City. (Photo: Lorne Matalon) Download MP3 Buddhism and Islam in America
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Heated rhetoric continues to swirl around the proposal to build an Islamic community center a few blocks from the World Trade Center site. Historians say this sort of debate has many precedents in American history. Scott Kurashige sees a parallel between the current controversy and efforts to block Japanese immigrants from building Buddhist temples in the decades surrounding World War II. (flickr image: Jukka Vuokko) Download MP3Palestinians and the State of Israel
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The Obama administration is launching a new round of Middle East peace talks next week in Washington, but expectations are low. One of the potential obstacles is the Israeli demand that Palestinians recognize Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people. The World’s Matthew Bell reports reports from Jerusalem. Download MP3On the road with the Chinese Foreign Ministry
It was around midnight, on a bus, coming off a plane near the end of yet another 14-hour day traveling on a Chinese Foreign Ministry-organized trip through the western region of Xinjiang and province of Qinghai, when a fellow journalist turned to me and said, “What were they smoking when they came up with this schedule?”
Follow along with Mary Kay Magistad’s special dispatches on her trip to the Uighur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, in China’s far west and the largely ethnic Tibetan province of Qinghai. Part 4 On the road with the Chinese Foreign Ministry: the good, the bad and the struggle for the soul of a story
Read Mary Kay Magistad’s dispatches in our special series
- On the road with China’s Foreign Ministry
- On the Road with the Chinese Foreign Ministry: Anatomy of an Explosive Story
- How to hold a news conference, Chinese provincial style
More from The World’s Mary Kay Magistad
Steep challenges facing Mexico
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Download MP3There’s deep pessimism about the prospects for stopping the drug violence in Mexico anytime soon. The World’s Jeb Sharp reports.
Chinese government takes journalists on the road
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The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports on what it’s like to be a foreign journalist on a Chinese government-organized reporting trip. Download MP3Remembering Samantha Smith
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Download MP325 years ago today, 13-year-old Samantha Smith died with her father in a plane crash in Maine. When she was 10, Samantha Smith made international headlines when she wrote a letter to the Soviet leader Yuri Andropov and he wrote back. He invited her to visit, and she did. Anchor Marco Werman recalls the story with the BBC’s Lina Rosovskaya.
Where is home for young Palestinians
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Download MP3The right of return is an essential idea for Palestinians who became refugees after the creation of Israel. But a younger generation of Palestinians has grown up in other countries, and some say they don’t want to go back to a land they’ve never known. Correspondent Lina Sinjab reports from Damascus.
Geo Quiz
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Download MP3The World’s daily geography challenge.
Geo Answer: Saving a nomadic language
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Download MP3Correspondent Anna Boiko-Weyrauch reports on efforts by some Tuaregs in the west African country of Mali to preserve their traditional language. Mali is the answer to today’s Geo Quiz.
Addis Acoustic Project
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Download MP3The Addis Acoustic Project is the subject of today’s Global Hit. The jazz ensemble is trying to revive songs that were popular in Ethiopia during the 1950s and 60s but with new arrangements.
Music Heard on Air for August 25, 2010
Tunes Spun On The World Between Our Reports For August 25, 2010. Artists featured are Mongo Santamaria, Lamine Konte, Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Ikue Mori, Robert Quine, Marc Ribot, Oran Etkin, Praful, Kila.
Desert people
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West Africa is our destination for today’s Geo Quiz. This landlocked nation provides a home to the Tuareg. They’re a nomadic people who roam in west and north Africa. But young Tuaregs are losing their connection to their traditional language. So, can you name this west African country? (flickr image:Cultr Vultr) Download MP3
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