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Archive for May, 2011
The pricetag for hunting Bin Laden
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Anchor Lisa Mullins talks to the Alan Beattie of the Financial Times about what Osama Bin Laden has cost US taxpayers. Download MP3
Canada’s unexpected parliamentarians
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Five college students in Montreal just got elected to Canada’s parliament. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with one of them – McGill University student Jamie Nicholls. Download MP3
Irish village
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The Geo Quiz has us searching for the name of a seaside village in County Cork, Ireland. It’s about as far south as you can get in Ireland. This village is sometimes called the stolen village. That goes back to an incident in the 17th century when Algerian pirates ransacked the place. This famous village has also links to Maryland. Download MP3Scottish-Irish harpist Meave Gilchrist
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In Friday’s global hit we feature Scottish-Irish harpist and singer Maeve Gilchrist. Anchor Lisa Mullins has more. Download MP3
PRI’s The World(05/06/2011: Megan Williams, Daniel Grossman)
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The US drone attack in Pakistan tests already-tense relations between Washington and Islamabad. Also, we speak to a college student who was surprise winner in Canada’s parliamentary elections. Plus, an update on Japan where the psychological scars of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami are starting to show. Download MP3
Music Heard on Air for May 6, 2011
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 6, 2011. Artists featured are: Vieux Farka Toure, Salif Keita, Oumou Sangare, Just A Band, Silina Musango, Etran Finatawa.
Global Political Cartoons: The Killing of Osama bin Laden
Political cartoonists have used humor and contemplation to comment on the killing of Osama bin Laden. In these cartoons you’ll see everything from baffled Pakistani security officials to long-form death certificates.
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Misrata siege continues
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The Libyan port city of Misrata is still under siege. Marie Colvin, a correspondent for the Sunday Times of London, tells anchor Lisa Mullins about the chaos at the port where panicked residents have attempted to board rescue ships amid heavy shelling. Download MP3
Journalist Jim Foley still held captive in Libya
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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Diane Foley, mother of journalist James Foley, who was captured a month ago in Libya while reporting there for the news website Global Post. Download MP3
Turkey’s future in the new Middle East
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Turkey is working hard to burnish its image as a humanitarian country. The government there has sent ships to Libya to pick up people wounded by Muammar Gaddafi’s troops. Matthew Brunwasser reports from a hospital in southern Turkey. Download MP3
Cuban blogger gets government’s attention
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Cuba’s blogosphere is relatively small and its most famous practitioner is Yoani Sacnhez. She says her blog “Generation Y” is not an act of dissent, but is more like a daily diary to describe what it is like to live in Cuba. The World’s Carol Hills has more. Download MP3
Preserving the legacies of Holocaust survivors
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Daniel Estrin reports that Israel is making moves to better preserve the legacies of Holocaust survivors. Download MP3
Russian music critic sued for political jibe
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Anchor Lisa Mullins talks to Russian rock critic and social commentator Artemy Troitsky is being sued by a popular rock musician who says Troitsky slandered him by calling him “a trained poodle” for a high profile figure in President Dmitry Medvedev’s government. Download MP3
Russia awaits ‘Kremlin poodle’ trial as rocker takes on critic Troitsky
The Jews of Lebanon
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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Nada Abdelsamad about her book and documentary film which shed light on the swindling Jewish community in her nativer Beirut, Lebanon. Download MP3
Kenyan embassy bomb victim on Bin Laden’s death
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Anchor Lisa Mullins talks with Douglas Sidialo in Nairobi about his reaction to the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Sidialo was blinded in the 1998 al-Qaeda bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi. Download MP3
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