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Update: UN backs anti-Gaddafi action

By The World ⋅ March 17, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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For weeks, Libyan rebels have been calling for help against forces loyal to Moammar Gaddafi. Now, the United Nations Security Council responded. The council voted to adopt a resolution authorizing a no-fly zone over Libya. The resolution calls for “all necessary measures” to protect civilians against attacks by Gaddafi’s forces. Laura Rozen is Senior Foreign Policy Reporter at Yahoo News. Download MP3

China coal baron buys pricey puppy

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A multimillionaire coal baron in China has paid around $1.5 million for an 11-month-old Tibetan Mastiff puppy named Big Splash. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Malcolm Moore, the Shanghai correspondent for London’s Daily Telegraph. He wrote about Big Splash and why the big dog has such a big price tag. Download MP3

£1 million for ‘world’s most expensive dog’

A tour of the tsunami wreckage

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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Tetsuo Jimbo, editor of the Japanese website “Videonews.com,” who is in the tsunami-stricken area of northeast Japan. Download MP3

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Japan’s record-breaking earthquake in named

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The US Geological Survey (USGS) has come up with an official name for last week’s earthquake – the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake. Tohoku is the northern part of the Japanese island of Honshu, the area most affected by the quake. We hear from USGS geologist Brian Atwater. Download MP3

Treasure of Egyptian antiquities

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In the Geo Quiz we’re looking for a museum recently looted during anti-government protests which damaged two Pharaonic mummies. UNESCO’s sending a team of antiquities specialists there next week to investigate. So, can you name this museum? Download MP3

PRI’s The World(03/17/2011: Mary Kay Magistad,Carol Hills)

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In Japan nerves are wrangled over the ongoing threat of nuclear contamination; Also, why the Moroccan government refuses to speak of a 20th century hero who liberated the country from Spanish colonizers; Then, Irish violin, Sri Lankan poetry, and how a husband-and-wife musical pair brought them together. Download MP3

UN takes steps against Gaddafi

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The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote today on a resolution authorizing a no-fly zone over Libya. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from Colum Lynch, who covers the UN for the Washington Post and Foreign Policy magazine. Download MP3

Global Political Cartoons: March 12 – 18, 2011

By Carol Hills ⋅ March 17, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

The Land of the Rising Sun has become for some The Land of Rising Radiation Levels. The aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami has cartoonists morphing the red disc in Japan’s flag into everything from a radiation hazard symbol to a skull.
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Anxiety in Tokyo

By The World ⋅ March 16, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports on the anxiety felt by Tokyo residents about possible radiation exposure from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami damaged nuclear reactors. Many city residents are skeptical of official statements seeking to reassure them. Download MP3
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Bahrain military announces curfew

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Security forces in Bahrain have tightened their grip on the capital Manama, after using tanks, tear gas, water cannon and helicopters to remove hundreds of anti-government demonstrators earlier in the day. The military has imposed a curfew in several areas of the city. Reporter Sean Carberry has been witnessing events unfold in Manama. Download MP3
BBC video of the latest protests

Questions over Saudi support in Bahrain

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The World’s Laura Lynch reports that Saudi Arabia’s decision to send troops into Bahrain is causing concern as both Saudis and the wider world wonder whether the conflict in the island nation could escalate. Download MP3

Bushmeat black market thrives in Paris

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Genevieve Oger reports from Paris on the underground trade in bushmeat from West Africa. The illicit trade worries health officials and some, but not all, conservationists. Download MP3

The scale of illegal meat importation from Africa to Europe via Paris

Los Angeles-based lawyer exposes Iranian bands

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Cyrus Farivar profiles Iranian-American attorney Kia Kamran in Los Angeles who is behind some of the new Iranian-American bands on the music scene in LA and beyond. Download MP3
Video: Pomplamoose’s Expiration Date

Hiroshima, Nagasaki and self-censorship

By Patrick Cox ⋅ March 16, 2011 ⋅ 6 comments ⋅ Transcript

As Japan faces its biggest crisis since World War Two, here are two takes on self-censorship from those war years. A child survivor of Hiroshima explains why she kept quiet about her experiences for so long, through the pain and guilt of survival. And a Japanese examination of the self-censorship of American newspaper reporters and editors in the weeks after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[...]

Rescue efforts in northern Japan

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Rescue workers in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, are continuing to find bodies amongst the wreckage, as hopes of finding survivors diminish. International rescue teams have been helping in the search in the city, which was one of the closest to the epicentre of the earthquake and was destroyed by the tsunami. Anchor Lisa Mullins talks with Rachel Harvey in Ofunato. Download MP3

Rachel Harvey’s video report from Ofunato