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Archive for March, 2011

Deadly blast at Jerusalem bus stop

By The World ⋅ March 23, 2011 ⋅ 4 comments ⋅ Transcript

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One person has died and more than 20 others are injured after a bomb blast at a crowded bus stop in central Jerusalem, Israeli officials say. The bomb had been left in a bag by the side of the road near the central bus station, police said. Dozens of ambulances converged on the scene near the entrance to the city, and police sealed off the area. The World’s Matthew Bell reports from Jerusalem. Download MP3
Slideshow: Matthew Bell at the scene of the attack
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Humanitarian intervention or regime change?

By The World ⋅ March 23, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been telling his followers he won’t be defeated while the international coalition continues to engage targets in Libya. There are strong arguments for and against the intervention in Libya. But there’s another urgent debate unfolding now that the operation is under way: Is this strictly a humanitarian intervention or is the ultimate goal regime change? The World’s Jeb Sharp reports. Download MP3
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Australia carbon tax fight

By The World ⋅ March 23, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Transcript

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Phil Mercer reports on the heated debate in Australia over a proposed carbon tax. The government says the tax would help fight greenhouse gas emissions, but some of Australia’s most powerful interests are against it. Download MP3

100 Years After the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

By The World ⋅ March 23, 2011 ⋅ 6 comments ⋅ Transcript

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The World’s Jason Margolis looks at the legacy of New York’s Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on the global garment industry today. The fire, which occurred 100 years ago Friday, was one of the worst workplace disasters in US history. Download MP3
Video: Remembering the tragedy

Soul singers Eliza Doolittle and Charles Bradley

By The World ⋅ March 23, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Transcript

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British singer Eliza Doolittle is getting attention in the United States and veteran American soul singer Charles Bradley finds love and support in Europe. The World’s Marco Werman explores this two-way flow of soul. Download MP3
Video: Eliza Doolittle’s “Pack Up”

In conversation with a Libyan rebel

By The World ⋅ March 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with a rebel spokesman in the Libyan city of Misurata, who says shelling by pro-Gadaffi forces has dropped dramatically in the city center. But he adds that Gadaffi snipers remained positioned on the tops of major buildings and are targeting people entering local hospitals. Download MP3

Remembering Elizabeth Taylor

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Actress Elizabeth Taylor is remembered by many people around the globe as a dedicated AIDS activist. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS. Download MP3

Story of a Tokyo mother

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Lisa Mullins talks to Miho, a resident of Tokyo, about how she and her family have been coping in the aftermath of the earthqake and tsunami in Japan, and now with the warning about radiation detected in Tokyo’s tap water. Download MP3

Chicago doctor helps in Japan

By The World ⋅ March 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Dr. Matsuo Ikuhara, a family doctor from Chicago, who is now in Sendai, Japan, with the International Medical Corps and trying to provide help. Download MP3

Island of the ‘rabbit king’

By The World ⋅ March 23, 2011 ⋅ 5 comments ⋅ Transcript

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In the Geo Quiz we’re looking for the Spanish island that was once home to really big rabbits some 3 to 5 million years ago. Today, it’s famed as a sunny tourist destination…Download MP3

PRI’s The World(03/23/2011: Phil Mercer, Jason Margolis)

By The World ⋅ March 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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A bombing in Jerusalem injures dozens and raises new tensions. Also, we hear from a rebel spokesman in Libya, and a worried mother in Tokyo. And we track the trans-Atlantic flow of soul music from the US to Britain and back. Download MP3

Music Heard on Air for March 23, 2011

By Ann Lopez ⋅ March 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for March 23, 2011. Artists featured are: Oran Etkin, Ry Cooder, Ali Farka Toure, Ali Akbar Kahn, Salif Keita, Johnny Hodges.

In Spain, stolen babies come to light, unleashing grief, legal action

By Gerry Hadden ⋅ March 23, 2011 ⋅ 9 comments ⋅ Transcript

Beyond the debate over the numbers, whether we’re talking about 3,000 or 300,000 illegal adoptions, there’s the story of Antonio Barroso. Antonio is 42. His whole life he’d suspected he’d been adopted. But his parents always denied it. You’re our son, they said. And then, when he was 38, his phone rang. It was a childhood friend. That friend had just left his own father’s death bed and come away with a confession. Both he and Antonio were adopted [...]

Explaining Japan’s disaster to kids and Russian beer to Americans

By Patrick Cox ⋅ March 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Japan has a whole lexicon of earthquake-related phrases. But the severity of this quake is expanding that lexicon. Also, a video explains the nuclear emergency to children with an analogy that kids understand all too well. In France, meanwhile, the government is battling news outlets over probes into the practices of some politicians. And American brewers are giving reviving a centuries-old type of beer, Russian Imperial Stout, and plundering Russian history to name the brews [...]

Strains within the Libya coalition

By The World ⋅ March 22, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Transcript

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The World’s Clark Boyd reports on the strains within the coalition that is enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya. Many of the European countries that make up the coalition are split on how far it should go to protect Libyans, and what role, if any, NATO should play. Download MP3
Coalition firepower