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Egypt protests, the Suez Canal and gobal trade

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The protests in Egypt have many in the international community wondering how the growing political instability will affect commerce in the region. The World’s Laura Lynch reports on the Suez Canal, and how control of that waterway is key to both Egypt and global trade. Download MP3

Timeline: History of the Suez Canal

High food prices in Egypt and climate change

By Peter Thomson ⋅ February 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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The World’s environment editor Peter Thomson explores the possibility that climate change may be contributing to the unrest in Egypt. Egyptians are angry about high food prices, food prices are up in part because of last summer’s devastating heat wave in Russia, and many believe that in turn was linked to climate change. Download MP3

Israeli heavy metal rockers Orphaned Land

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Correspondent Daniel Estrin reports on a heavy metal band Orphaned Land based in Tel Aviv whose music is providing a soundtrack for social change as young Egyptians rally for democracy across the Middle East. Download MP3
Video: Orphaned Land performs “Sapari”

Egyptian journalists feel the pressure

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Anchor Marco Werman reports on Egyptian journalist Shahira Amin, who resigned from her job yesterday at Nile TV, the Egyptian state television channel. Shahira says she could no longer work there because she’d been forced to keep some facts from the public. Download MP3

Iraq getting its citizens out of Egypt

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Iraq is sending planes to Egypt to evacuate its nationals. Correspondent Jane Arraf has been at the airport in Baghdad. She tells anchor Marco Werman how Iraq is turning out to be a safe haven for some. Download MP3

Idea of Pharaoh still relevant in Egypt

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The World’s Alex Gallafent examines the place of the Pharaoh in the Egyptian political imagination, and how that relates to the current protests against President Mubarak’s long rule. Download MP3

Egypt without the Nile

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Egypt would be almost all barren desert without the Nile. Now while Cairo burns, countries further upstream are closing in on a deal that may strip Egypt of its traditional water rights. Anchor Marco Werman gets details from Steven Solomon, author of Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilization. Download MP3

French landmark and wind power

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The Geo Quiz is making a pilgrimage of sorts. We’re looking for a tiny, tidal island, right off the coast of Normandy in France. It’s famous for its breathtaking setting and is crowned by an abbey whose foundation dates back to the 8th century. A government plan to erect wind turbines nearby is now threatening its status as a World Heritage Site. Download MP3

Music Heard on Air for February 3, 2011

By Ann Lopez ⋅ February 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for February 3, 2011. Artists featured are: D’gary & Tihe, Habib Koite & Bamada, Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Ry Cooder, Habib Koite, Ali Akbar Kahn.

Lisa Mullins Podcast: Egypt

By Lisa Mullins ⋅ February 3, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

The World’s anchor Lisa Mullins notes in this special podcast that even for those of us who watch the news unfold minute by minute, it’s rare to know that at that moment, our world is being transformed. She posses a couple of questions about the role of religion in the protests — and the potential for Islam and democracy to co-exist in Egypt.

The Egypt protests on The World

Egypt through the eyes of other cartoonists

By Carol Hills ⋅ February 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Cartoonists outside the Middle East are commenting on events in Egypt just as much as those in the region. A few more references to the imagined back and forth between Hosni Mubarak and Barack Obama but just as many pyramids, dominoes and pharaohs. Take a look.

Entire program – February 2, 2011

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Continuing coverage of events in Egypt as they unfold; Violent clashes erupted today between anti-government protesters and supporters of President Mubarak; Also, how the U-S is walking a fine diplomatic line as it responds to the crisis in Egypt; And later, young unemployed Spaniards may be just what Germany’s economy needs. Download MP3

Clashes erupt amid Egypt protest

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There have been fierce clashes in the Egyptian capital between supporters of President Hosni Mubarak and protesters calling on him to resign immediately. State TV said a member of the security forces had been killed and hundreds of people wounded in pitched battles in and around Cairo’s Tahrir Square. The World’s Matthew Bell is in Cairo. Download MP3
Live updates from the BBC

Mubarak’s reign in Egypt

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The World’s Jeb Sharp looks back at President Mubarak’s 30-year rule and the historical context in which he came to power and governed. Download MP3
Jeb Sharp’s latest podcast: Change in Egypt

Jordan follows suit with anti-government protests

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Jordan’s citizens have responded to events in Tunisia and Egypt with their own protests. King Abdullah is trying to respond to their grievances. On Monday he sacked the government and names a new prime minister. Marco Werman speaks with Jordan’s Prince Hassan bin Talal, the uncle of King Abdullah and brother of the late King Hussein about what steps the new prime minister should take to help usher in political reform in Jordan and what the West needs to do help it along. Download MP3