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Training Libya’s rebel forces

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Libya’s rebel leadership in Benghazi has rejected a proposal put forward by an African Union delegation to end the eight-week conflict. The rebels have been fighting a back and forth battle with Gaddafi’s troops which are better equipped and organized. So, the rebels have been trying to improve their military posture by offering training to any young man in eastern Libya who wants to join the fight. Ben Gilbert reports. Download MP3
How the opposing sides are armed

Hijab and the City defies French Muslim stereotypes

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A law banning the Muslim burqa, or full-face veil, went into effect today in France, a first in Europe. The World’s Gerry Hadden profiles two religious Muslims who defy French stereotypes of the modern Muslim women. Download MP3

Video: If you were President

Evangelical role in Sudan

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Evangelical Christianity is gaining prominence in South Sudan. The religious awakening comes in the wake of a vote earlier this year for an independent country. Many believe there never would have been a vote without the support of American churches. Matthew Brunwasser reports from Juba, the capital of South Sudan. Download MP3

Slideshow: South Sudan referendum

Soviet space memorabilia

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Fifty years after the Soviets sent the first man into space, The World’s Alex Gallafent reports that space memorabilia is everywhere. It’s in museums, it’s on sale in auction houses, you can even buy stuff left behind on the surface of the moon. Download MP3
Video: Gagarin flight

Challenges for new president Ouattara

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Daniel Balint-Kurti, formerly a journalist based in Abidjan, speaks with anchor Marco Werman about some of the challenges ahead for Alassane Ouattara as he takes power as president of Ivory Coast. Download MP3

Hunger Affects Court Rulings?

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Columbia Business School professor Jonathan Levav about his new study, “Extraneous Factors in Judicial Decisions,” which suggests that factors such as whether or not a judge is hungry affect court rulings.

Egyptians still protesting

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Egyptian protester Hayat Guergues in Cairo. She is a leader of one of the groups that have barricaded themselves in Tahrir Square. They are demanding the end of the military-run government and that former president Hosni Mubarak face trial. Download MP3

Deforestation in South America

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The Geo Quiz takes us to South America this time, to a remote region that borders on Brazil and Bolivia. Recent satellite images show cattle ranchers there moving in and thus forcing indigenous people out. Download MP3

Chinese dissident artists

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Anchor Marco Werman talks to Larry Siems, who directs the Freedom to Write program at the PEN American Center in New York. Siems says the number of authors whose human rights have been violated by the Chinese government has been on a steep incline since 2008 Beijing Olympics. Download MP3

Dylan plays safe in Vietnam

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Bob Dylan (Photo: Alberto Cabello)

Many of Bob Dylan’s biggest hits were written and recorded in the 1960s during the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. Last night the folk music hero performed in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and he played it safe. Dylan did not play Masters of War or Blowing in the Wind. BBC reporter Nga Pham went to the show and talks to Marco Werman about the expectations some Vietnamese had. Download MP3

What song do you think he should have played in Ho Chi Minh City?

PRI’s The World(04/11/2011: Matthew Brunwasser, Gerry Hadden)

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Ivory Coast’s leadership crisis enters a new stage after Laurent Gbagbo is arrested; Also, rebels in Libya train for a long fight; Plus, two Muslim women in France reframe the debate there over head scarves. Download MP3

Music Heard on Air for April 11, 2011

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Tunes spun on The World between our reports for April 11, 2011. Artists featured are: Habib Koite, Kaya Project, AfroCubism, Vieux Farka Toure.

Music Heard on Air for April 11, 2011

By Ann Lopez ⋅ April 11, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for April 11, 2011. Artists featured are: Habib Koite, Kaya Project, AfroCubism, Vieux Farka Toure.

NATO ‘regrets’ loss of life from Libya attack

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NATO says it “strongly regrets the loss of life” after a “friendly fire” attack on rebel tanks in eastern Libya which left at least four dead. Earlier, a NATO commander had refused to apologize, saying that until Thursday’s strike, the alliance had not been aware the rebels had tanks. CBC reporter Derek Stoffel is in the rebel stronghold Bengazhi. Download MP3
Pictures from Libya

Further protests in Yemen

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There were further violent clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in Yemen on Friday while the country’s president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, dismissed a plan for him to step down, which had been proposed by Gulf states. Marco Werman talks with Charles Dunbar, former US Ambassador to Yemen, about the latest developments in that country. Download MP3