Music Heard on Air for January 12, 2011

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for January 12, 2011. Artists featured are Baaba Maal, Mansour Seck, Ali Akbar Kahn, Petrol Bomb Samosa, Shankar, Silina Musango, Moriba Koita.

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for January 12, 2011. Artists featured are Baaba Maal, Mansour Seck, Ali Akbar Kahn, Petrol Bomb Samosa, Shankar, Silina Musango, Moriba Koita.

Entire program – January 11, 2011

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Signs of renewal and rebuilding in Haiti after a year of punishing tragedy;Plus, a visit to Silicon Valley – a fitting place for what is being billed as largest computer exhibition in the world; and Sudan’s referendum vote has so far gone smoothly, but violence is breaking out at the border between the north and the south. Download MP3

Haiti’s slow reconstruction

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January 12th marks the first anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti. Despite the billions of dollars pledged by international donors, reconstruction has been painfully slow. A million people still live in tents in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and symbolic buildings like the National Palace downtown still lie in ruins. Still, some neighborhoods are coming back to life. The World’s Jeb Sharp reports. (Photo: Jeb Sharp) Download MP3

Arabs in Sudan’s South

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The people of Southern Sudan are expected to vote for independence from the northern part of the African country in the referendum currently under way. As Matthew Brunwasser reports, some Arabs who live in the south are concerned for their future. Download MP3

Exhibit looks at the history of computers

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It is being hailed as the largest exhibition in the world on the history of computers. Reporter Corey Takahashi tells us the exhibit not only gives us the history of the hardware, but also of the languages. Download MP3

Slideshow: History of computers

Unrest in Tunisia

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The government of Tunisia today reported more civilian deaths in the worst civil unrest in the country in more than two decades. Many of the protesters are young Tunisian adults who are protesting the country’s high unemployment rate. The World’s Clark Boyd reports. Download MP3

Teach yourself Ancient Babylonian

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In this week’s World in Words podcast, the man behind a Teach Yourself book on ancient Babylonian. Also, lost medieval songs sung by Louisiana-based descendents of immigrants from the Canary Islands. Plus, the Squamish for a Vancouver park…and the Ashes: a story of cricket, Twitter, and babysitting.

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Spreading the gospel in Haiti

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Some agencies at work in Haiti are as concerned with saving Haitians’ souls as they are with saving their homes. Evangelical groups from the US are spreading the gospel there. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Elizabeth Ferris, Co-Director of the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement at the Brookings Institution. Download MP3

Making ends meet in Haiti

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Most Haitians are still struggling to get back on their feet after last year’s earthquake, and some have found new ways of making ends meet. Anchor Lisa Mullins tells us about one of those individuals, Roudy Colin. Colin is a former salesman who now works with journalists, and owns a small business. Download MP3

Last Lusitania survivor dies

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The last survivor of the Lusitania has died in England, aged 95. Audrey Lawson Johnson was a baby when the ship was sunk by a German torpedo in 1915. We’ll hear some of her reflections in an interview recorded last year. Download MP3

Last known Lusitania survivor dies

How Arizona guns make it to Mexico

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Washington Post investigative reporter James Grimaldi talks with host Lisa Mullins about the gun laws in Arizona and how weapons purchased in the US end up in the hands of Mexican drug cartels. Download MP3

Arming Mexico’s drug cartels
The hidden life of guns>

Sudan sees violence at border

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Anchor Lisa Mullins talks to the BBC’s Will Ross in Juba, Sudan, about the violence erupting as the country is in the midst of an independence referendum. Download MP3

New stock exchange

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The world’s newest stock exchange has opened for business. Global Investors aren’t rushing in quite yet but there are some new investment opportunities – and an opportunity for you to have a go at today’s Geo Quiz. This securities exchange or LSX for short happens to be in one of the poorest countries in southeast Asia. Download MP3

African political rap

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Political Rap in Africa – a rapper in Tunisia is arrested for criticizing the President. Meanwhile in Uganda, the President is rapping to youth because he wants their vote! Download MP3

Tunisia rapper Hamada Ben-Amor
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni