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Archive for June, 2011
Mexican Soccer Players Blame the Beef
Five Mexican soccer players were tested positive for banned substance Clenbuterol.
Kolkata Rickshaws Go On Despite Ban
Why it will be difficult to eliminate rickshaws from the streets of Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta).
Music Heard on Air
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for June 10, 2011. Artists featured are: John McCormack, Just A Band, AfroCubism, Pell Mell, Oki Dub Ainu Band, Senge, Oran Etkin.
South Korea’s ‘Coffin Academy’
An unusual attempt to turn South Korea’s high suicide rate around by ‘getting close to death.’
Indonesia’s movie crisis
In a tax dispute with Indonesia’s government, Hollywood studios have stopped sending movies there.
Unearthing the Underground Warfare of the Somme
The famous Battle of the Somme was fought in this French region in 1916.
Mongolian Tunes From Hanggai
Hanggai are performing at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee.
Slideshow: Latest Global Political Cartoons
The E. coli outbreak: when a cucumber is no longer just a cucumber; what Moammar Gaddafi and FIFA head Sepp Blatter share in common, and Syria’s best known opthalmologist continues his bloody crackdown on dissent.
Designer Headcover for Female Muslim Athletes
An Islamic dress code compliant garment for Muslim female athletes.
US intensifies ‘secret campaign of Yemen airstrikes’
US forces have reportedly intensified their airstrikes against militants in Yemen.
America’s Involvement in Yemen
The costs and benefits of the US becoming more deeply involved in Yemen.
Turkey cracks down on ‘smut’
Turkey’s Islamist-rooted AKP government has recently begun cracking down on what it considers “smut.”
A Rhino Called Obama
The first rhino born in Uganda in 27 years has round-the-clock security, in an effort to stop a repeat of history. All of Uganda’s rhinos were killed by poachers in the early 1980s to feed the illicit market in rhino horn.
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