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Archive for March, 2011

South American fun race

By The World ⋅ March 14, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Today’s Geo Quiz takes us to Latin America. The Fun Race Four is all about mud and gasoline. 500 teams compete in one of South America’s most popular off-road motor races. The rough-and-tumble off-road race has taken place for the past ten years in the country we’d like you to name… Download MP3

Japanese band Kodo chipping in to help countrymen

By The World ⋅ March 14, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Japanese drumming ensemble Kodo was not in Japan last Friday when the earthquake and tsunami devastated northeast area of Japan. The band is currently on tour in the United States, but band members are doing what they can from the road to help their country. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the band’s manager Jun Akimoto. Download MP3

Japanese band KODO

PRI’s The World(03/14/2011: Matthew Bell, Ben Gilbert)

By The World ⋅ March 14, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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The latest from Japan as the country struggles to cope with the aftermath of Friday’s earthquake and tsunami; Also, Israel announces new settlement building in West Bank; Plus, thousands of migrant workers trapped at the border between Libya and Egypt. Download MP3

Music Heard on Air for March 14, 2011

By Ann Lopez ⋅ March 14, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

START TIME: 6:32 JAPAN INTERVIEW NUKE INTERVIEW COST REPORT MUSIC: SONG: HIDDEN SKY ARTIST: Jami Sieber CD TITLE: Hidden Sky CD#: OFM 1010 END TIME: 19:41 MUSIC: SONG: Sehilam ARTIST: Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck CD TITLE: Djam Leelii CD LABEL: Mango CD #: CCD9840 START TIME: 21:00 MIDDLE EAST REPORT PARIS REPORT END TIME: [...]

Ramallah’s Manarah Square

By Matthew Bell ⋅ March 14, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Demonstration for Palestinian unity [...]

Saudi Arabia’s Day of Rage?

By Laura Lynch ⋅ March 12, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Transcript

Finally, after dark, it came. A thunderous rage descended over the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh last night, an unstoppable force marching across the city. Yet it was not the “rage” some online protestors had been predicting on Facebook pages and Twitter [...]

Tsunami hits Japan after quake

By The World ⋅ March 11, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

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Japan’s most powerful earthquake since records began struck its north-east coast on Friday, triggering a massive tsunami. Cars, ships and buildings were swept away by a wall of water after the 8.9-magnitude quake, which struck about 250 miles north-east of Tokyo. Officials say 350 people are dead and about 500 missing, but it is feared the final death toll will be much higher. Mary Kay Magistad reports. Download MP3
Live updates from the BBC

Friday protests in the Arab world

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While Colonel Gaddafi’s forces continue to make advances on rebel-held territory in Libya, there was a muted response to internet appeals for a day of demonstrations in Saudi Arabia, as the Kingdom deployed massive security Friday to prevent any illegal gatherings. We get a roundup of other protests today in North Africa and the Middle East from reporters Sean Carberry in Bahrain, Laura Lynch in Saudi Arabia, and Ben Gilbert in Egypt. Download MP3
Slideshow: Bahrain protests

Iraqi kathab protest song targets ‘liars’

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Iraqis are angry at their government and they have been taking to the streets, chanting about it. Reporter Jane Arraf reports from Baghdad. Download MP3

Listen to Iraqis’ kathab kathab protest song here

Artist’s work reflects Juarez drug violence

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Reporter Monica Ortiz Uribe profiles an artist from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, whose life and work have been changed by the drug-related violence that dominates life there. Download MP3

Slideshow: Violence transforms art in Juarez

Forbidden Soviet Art in Uzbekistan

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A new documentary The Desert of Forbidden Art directed by Tchavdar Georgiev and Amanda Pope, tells the story of an art museum in Uzbekistan filled with suppressed art from the former Soviet Union. An American curator, Jane Sharp, remembers her first visit there. Download MP3
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First-hand account of earthquake

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Anchor Marco Werman finds out what the earthquake felt like from Eric Due, an American who’s lived in Japan for 20 years. Due was working at his job in the newsroom of The Japan Times when the quake struck. Download MP3

Japan quake prompts nuclear emergency

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with nuclear safety expert Charles Ferguson about the nuclear power emergency caused by today’s earthquake in Japan. The quake knocked out the cooling and backup power systems at a nuclear power plant about 150 miles north of Tokyo. Download MP3

Denmark takes to texting postage

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Mobile postage will soon be available in Denmark. People will send a text to the post office and receive a code they can write on an envelope. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Morten Nielsen, spokesperson for Post Danmark. Download MP3

Post Danmark’s website

Saving the Orangutan

By The World ⋅ March 11, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments ⋅ Transcript

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In the Geo Quiz we hear about an unusal effort to save Orangutans. These great apes are threatened by poaching and especially habitat loss, caused by logging and farming. Their habitat happens to be in Indonesia and Malaysia but it’s limited to 2 islands. Can you name them? Download MP3