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Archive for April, 2011
Music Heard on Air for April 14, 2011
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for April 14, 2011. Artists featured are: AfroCubism, Washington, Euphoria, DJ Format, Kerekes Band.
Global Political Cartoons: April 8 – 14, 2011
It’s a week of troubled leaders — some clinging to power, others forced out. One so disgraced he was made to parade around in his undershirt. Also, the burka police in France, and Canada’s cheesed off hockey fans.
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Further shutdowns at Toyota plants
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Toyota is to stop production at five plants in Europe for several days in April and May because component supplies remain limited after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The car maker had already announced similar shutdowns for North America. The World’s Clark Boyd reports. Download MP3
Protecting small businesses in Spain
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Spain’s Catalonia region has policies protecting small local businesses from big chains and malls. But now the European Union says those rules are illegal. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports on the big chain-local business debate in Barcelona. Download MP3UK documents confirm torture of Mau Mau rebels
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New documents released in the United Kingdom confirm that torture and other abuses of detainees were authorized at the highest levels in the 1950s, during a counter-insurgency campaign in Kenya. Kenya was then a British colony and Mau Mau rebels wanted them out. Anchor Marco Werman gets details from Caroline Elkins, professor of African history at Harvard University. Download MP3Video: More of Prof. Elkins interview
Mexicans fed up with violence
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Shannon Young reports that many ordinary Mexicans are so fed up with the level of violence in their country that they are increasingly speaking out against it. The protests are aimed not just at Mexico’s brutal drug cartels, but also at the government of President Felipe Calderón. Download MP3Slideshow: Images from “No more blood” protests held in Mexico
Clay Ross and Brazilian Bluegrass
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The World’s Alex Gallafent profiles South Carolina guitarist Clay Ross who fuses Brazilian rhythms with American Jazz beats. Download MP3
President Obama’s speech on reducing debt
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President Obama delivered a speech Wednesday afternoon outlining his plan to reduce the ballooning national debt. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Robin Harding, US economic editor for the Financial Times, about how President Obama’s speech on the budget looks to those outside the US. Download MP3
Another mass grave unearthed in Mexico
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More bodies have been found in mass graves in northern Mexico, bringing the current toll to 116. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Julian Miglierini of BBC Mundo about the drug cartel believed to be behind the murders. Download MP3
British farmers battle sheep rustling
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Rising meat prices in Britain have led to a rise in sheep rustling there and farmers are coming up with new ways to thwart the rustlers. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with John Heard, a sheep farmer in Devon. Download MP3
Kingdom in the Himalayas
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The country we want you to name for the Geo Quiz is a landlocked kingdom in the Himalayas. If you plan to travel there, keep in mind there’s a national dress code. And be prepared to dodge arrows: archery is the national sport. Download MP3PRI’s The World(04/13/2011: Shannon Young, Alex Gallafent)
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International reaction to President Obama’s plan to rein in the skyrocketing US debt; also, Toyota announces another halt in production – this time in Europe, citing the domino effect of last month’s disaster in Japan; and Mexican citizens turn their anger at drug violence toward Mexico’s politicians. Download MP3
Music Heard on Air for April 13, 2011
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for April 13, 2011. Artists featured are: AfroCubism, Oumou Sangare, D’gary & Jihe, Salif Keita, Forro in the Dark.
Fukushima vs. Chernobyl–Comparison less useful than ever
Nowhere near Chernobyl. Except sort of. But really, much, much less bad. Or… maybe worse. If your head’s hurting right now trying to keep track of official evaluations of the scale of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, well, get in line for the aspirin. If not yet the iodine pills [...]
Ex-Gaddafi aide leaves for Doha talks
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With the battle in Libya at a stalemate, there are fresh questions about just how the conflict will end. Now, former Gadaffi loyalist Moussa Koussa is traveling to a Libya conference in Qatar. His departure from Britain is stirring controversy and concern. The World’s Laura Lynch reports. Download MP3
Libya revolution
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